tussah

tus·sah

noun \ˈtə-sə, -ˌsȯ\

Definition of TUSSAH

: silk or silk fabric from the brownish fiber produced by larvae of some saturniid moths (as Antheraea paphia)

Variants of TUSSAH

tus·sah or tus·sore \-ˌsōr, -ˌsȯr\

Origin of TUSSAH

Hindi & Urdu tasar

First Known Use: 1590

Rhymes with TUSSAH

backsaw, band saw, bear claw, bedstraw, blue law, bucksaw, buzz saw, bylaw, case law, catclaw, cat's-paw, chain saw, Choctaw, coleslaw, Corn Law, crenshaw, cumshaw, cushaw, Danelaw, declaw, Esau, forepaw, fretsaw, glass jaw, grandma, grandpa, guffaw, hacksaw, handsaw, hawkshaw, hee-haw, hurrah, in-law, jackdaw, jackstraw, jigsaw, kickshaw, last straw, leash law, lockjaw, lynch law, macaw, Moose Jaw, Nassau, old-squaw, outdraw, outlaw, pasha, pawpaw, pit saw, pooh-bah, poor law, rickshaw, ringtaw, ripsaw, scofflaw, scrimshaw, scroll saw, seesaw, shield law, southpaw, Skiddaw, tack claw, trishaw, undraw, Utah, Warsaw, whipsaw, wiredraw, withdraw