How do you use Tussock in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like tuft or bunch, plus the exact meaning.
Tussock meaning
- A tuft or clump of green grass or similar verdure, forming a small hillock.
- Tussock grass.
Synonyms of Tussock
Using Tussock
- The main meaning on this page is: A tuft or clump of green grass or similar verdure, forming a small hillock. | Tussock grass.
- Useful related words include: tuft, bunch, clump, cluster.
- In the example corpus, tussock often appears in combinations such as: tussock and.
Context around Tussock
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tussock
- In this selection, "tussock" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, nassella, serrated, hard and moths stand out and add context to how "tussock" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a hard tussock of earth and and nassella tussock and agents. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tussock" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tussock
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Tussock moths are members of the tiger moth family. (9 words)
Australia was looking into biocontrol agents for Chilean needle grass and nassella tussock and agents in the native range of Argentina. (21 words)
In the opening pages of Midnight's Children, Dr Aziz while bending down on his prayer mat, bumps his nose on a hard tussock of earth. (26 words)
Invasive grasses such as serrated tussock () and molasses grass (Melinis minutiflora) are of great concern to conservationists, as they typically thrive after fire and readily outcompete native species. (28 words)
After previously “nuking” the weed with poison, Mr Royds has been spreading the common farming fertiliser to destroy the tussock, without the surrounding natural grasses dying off. (27 words)
In the opening pages of Midnight's Children, Dr Aziz while bending down on his prayer mat, bumps his nose on a hard tussock of earth. (26 words)
Example sentences (6)
After previously “nuking” the weed with poison, Mr Royds has been spreading the common farming fertiliser to destroy the tussock, without the surrounding natural grasses dying off.
Australia was looking into biocontrol agents for Chilean needle grass and nassella tussock and agents in the native range of Argentina.
Tussock moths are members of the tiger moth family.
Invasive grasses such as serrated tussock () and molasses grass (Melinis minutiflora) are of great concern to conservationists, as they typically thrive after fire and readily outcompete native species.
In the opening pages of Midnight's Children, Dr Aziz while bending down on his prayer mat, bumps his nose on a hard tussock of earth.
The penguins mostly colonise the coastal tussock and grasslands of Heard Island, and have previously been recorded as occupying the flats and gullies on McDonald Island.
Common combinations with tussock
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: