Definitions for SISAL

SISAL si·sal

Spelling: [sahy-suh l, sis-uh l]
IPA: /ˈsaɪ səl, ˈsɪs əl/

Sisal is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 56 anagrams from letters in SISAL (ailss).

Definitions for SISAL

noun

  1. Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
  2. the plant itself.

Origin of SISAL

1835-45; short for Sisal grass or hemp, named after Sisal, port in Yucatán

Examples for SISAL

The fiber is larger, not so stiff, but stronger than sisal hemp.

sisal is a sort of small oxen striped like a zebra and spotted like a leopard.'

It is rumored that from the state of sisal and henequen he will pick his running-mate.

The essential feature in the economic production of sisal hemp is machinery for separating the fibre from the pulp of the leaf.

Pineapple culture is already a flourishing industry in the sisal hemp region.

The exportation of sisal plants was prohibited by the German Government.

sisal hemp, which I found much like our yucca or "bear grass," is but little grown.

The principal port, Progreso, is an open roadstead where no shelter is obtained, the old abandoned port of sisal being superior.

In one corner were a lot of tanned sharkskins individually rolled and bound securely with sisal cords.

He is in charge of the raw materials—the coal and iron and lumber and sisal and flax.

Word Value for SISAL
Scrable

5

Words with friends

6

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