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# tinsel

«tinsel» in Mova's school dictionary: **long strings of thin, shiny, glittering material used as…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (tinsel — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Tinsel is long strings of thin, shiny, glittering material used as decoration, especially at Christmas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinsel/#m1)

2) Tinsel can also mean something that looks bright and exciting but has little real value. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinsel/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life it is a Christmas decoration on trees, in classrooms and at school plays. In stories it can stand for showy glamour, as in "Tinseltown" (a nickname for Hollywood). Phrases: a strand of tinsel, gold tinsel, tinsel and baubles.

### examples

- We wrapped silver tinsel around the Christmas tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinsel/#x1)
- The angel in the nativity play wore tinsel as a halo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinsel/#x2)
- Tinsel sparkled in the classroom window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinsel/#x3)
- The cat kept pulling the tinsel off the tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinsel/#x4)
- In Australia, people hang tinsel even though Christmas is in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinsel/#x5)
- The film star's life was all tinsel and no real happiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinsel/#x6)
- The golden star of tinsel was still on the top of the Tree, and glittered in the sunshine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinsel/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: some tinsel, a strand of tinsel (not a tinsel). Safety: keep tinsel away from pets and very small children, who may swallow it.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tinsel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinsel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.