trassel

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbal from trassla.

Pronunciation

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Noun

trassel n

1. cotton waste (used for cleaning and polishing)
2. tangle (something tangled up)
3. (figuratively) complications, problems

Declension

Declension of trassel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	trassel	trassels
	definite	trasslet	trasslets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• trassla
• trasslig

References

• “trassel”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “trassel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “trassel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• alsters, arslets, lasters, rasslet, salters