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How to pronounce hassock in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ottoman, pouf, pouffe, puff
Type of seat
Type Words
Type of cushion

Examples of hassock

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A separate footrest for a chair is known as an ottoman, hassock or pouffe.
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I shake my head, move the hassock over, press my cheek to hers.
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The camel-hide hassock, the bouquet of used plastic flowers, and the two secondhand bedspreads were quickly snapped up.
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Elsewhere there are a hassock-size cylinder of cast black glass by Roni Horn and a large, gnarly tree limb covered by gold glass beads by Liza Lou.
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  • Ottoman: thick cushion used as a seat
  • A cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church)
  • Tuffet, pouffe or hassock are all terms for a piece of furniture used as a footstool or low seat. It is distinguished from a stool by being completely covered in fabric so that no legs are visible. ...
  • Hassocks is a large village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. Its name is believed to derive from the tufts of grass found in the surrounding fields.
  • To dream of a hassock, forebodes the yielding of your power and fortune to another. If a woman dreams of a hassock, she should cultivate spirit and independence.