Tinsel

Pronunciation: /ˈtɪnsəl/

Tinsel (noun)

  1. Thin, shiny strips used to decorate Christmas trees and other festive items.
  2. Something that looks attractive but is not valuable or important.

Examples

  • They hung tinsel on the tree for the holidays.
  • Tinsel sparkled under the lights in the living room.

Common collocations: hang tinsel, sparkling tinsel, colorful tinsel, all tinsel, beneath the tinsel

Synonyms of Tinsel

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