noun
Meaning 1
A dense clump of grass or vegetation; a tussock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hassock
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈhasək/
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rhymes with -æsək
noun
Meaning 2
A cushion used primarily in churches for kneeling on while praying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: kneeler
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A thick cushion used as a seat; an ottoman or pouffe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cushion
noun
Meaning 5
thick cushion used as a seat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ottoman, pouf, pouffe, puff
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: seat
History
Etymology
From Old English hassoc (“coarse grass”), of uncertain origin.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Basque: belar-sasi — grass
- Bulgarian: туфа (tufa) — grass
- Czech: trs trávy — grass
- Finnish: mätäs — grass
- German: Grasbüschel — grass
- German: Büschel — grass
- Hungarian: fűcsomó — grass
- Italian: zolla — grass
- Swedish: tuva — grass
- Swedish: grästuva — grass
- Czech: polštářek pod kolena — kneeler
- Czech: poduška klekátka — kneeler
- French: coussin d'agenouilloir — kneeler
- German: Kniekissen — kneeler
- German: Betkissen — kneeler
- German: Kniebankkissen — kneeler
- German: Kissen — kneeler
- Hungarian: térdpárna — kneeler
- Hungarian: térdeplő — kneeler
- Italian: pregadio — kneeler
- Italian: inginocchiatoio — kneeler
- Spanish: reclinatorio — kneeler
- Swedish: knäkudde — kneeler
- Bulgarian: пуф (puf) — ottoman
- Bulgarian: табуретка (taburetka) — ottoman
- Dutch: poef — ottoman
- Finnish: rahi — ottoman
- Finnish: ottomaani — ottoman
- French: pouf — ottoman
- German: Sitzkissen — ottoman
- Hungarian: puff — ottoman
- Hungarian: lábpárna — ottoman
- Russian: пуф (puf) — ottoman