Hassock

Definitions: Hassock

Hassock

Noun

1. Thick cushion used as a seat.

2. A cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church).

Date "hassock" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1822. (references)

Etymology: Hassock \Has"sock\, noun. [Scottish hassock, hassik, besom, anything bushy, large, round turf used as seat, Old English hassok sedgy ground, Welsh hesgog sedgy, hesg sedge, rushes; compare to Ir. seisg, and English sedge.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Dream Interpretation	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. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Literature	Hassock A doss or footstool made of hesg (sedge or rushes). "Hassocks should be gotten in the fens, and laid at the foot of the said bank ... where need required." - Dugdale:Imbanking, p. 322. "The knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorced." Cowper. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Hassock

Synonyms: ottoman (n), pouf (n), pouffe (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Support	Footstool, hassock; tabouret; tripod, monopod.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Hassock

English words defined with "hassock": Bassock ♦ Tut. (references)

Specialty definitions using "hassock": HASSOCK MAKER. (references)

Etymologies containing "hassock": Hask ♦ sedge. (references)

"Hassock" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 86.67% of the time. "Hassock" is used about 45 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	86.67%	39	55,036
Noun (singular)	13.33%	6	143,867
Total	100.00%	45	N/A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "hassock"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		Shilte (pad, squab), Një Krah Bari. (various references)

Arabic		‏وسادة يركع عليها فى الصلاة, ‏حزمة عشب (tuffet). (various references)

Bulgarian		Туфа Трева, �'ъзглавничка За Коленете. (various references)

Czech		Poduška (cushion, pillow). (various references)

Farsi		کلاله علف درهم پیچیده , بالش زیرزانوءی . (various references)

French		Coussin. (various references)

German		Grasbüschel. (various references)

Greek		χαμηλό Σκαμνί όε όαξιλάρι, Υποπόδιο, � ροσκέφαλο �"ιά �"ονάτισμα. (various references)

Hebrew		ֻר ֳשא, ִ�"ום ֻריע�". (various references)

Hungarian		Templomi Térdelõpárna, térdpárna (kneepad, knee-pad), térdelőpárna, puff (buffet, dumpy, ottoman, plop, pop, pouf, pouffe, stool, thwack), párnázott zsámoly, nedves csapzott, mésztartalmú homokkő, lábpárna, fűcsomó (tuft, tussock). (various references)

Italian		Cuscino (anvil-cap, bolster, caul, cushion, pillow, pressure equalising plate, seat cushion, sow-block). (various references)

Manx		clooishag ghlioon. (various references)

Pig Latin		assockhay

Portuguese		Genuflexório (orb), Engrupir. (various references)

Romanian		Rogojinã (doormat, mat, matting), Perniţã Folositã La Îngenuncheat. (various references)

Russian		Подушечка �"ля Сидения, Подушечка, Мягкий Песчаник. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		jastuče za klečanje. (various references)

Spanish		Mata (Bush, clump, crop, matte, shrub, tuft), Cojín (cushion, seat cushion, squab). (various references)

Swedish		Knäkudde, Grästuva (tuft). (various references)

Thai		เบาะรองเข่า. (various references)

Turkish		Sık Çimen Parçası, Diz Yastığı. (various references)

Ukranian		Жмут Трави. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "hassock": hassocks. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Hassock" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: assock, Hassassa, Hassex, hausstock, Hinstock, Jassick, Nasscom, wazzock. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "hassock" (pronounced 'Has"sock'): Bassock, Cassock, Thussock, tussock. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: shackos.
	Words within the letters "a-c-h-k-o-s-s"
	-1 letter: shacko, shacks, shakos, shocks.
	-2 letters: askos, casks, chaos, hacks, hocks, sacks, shack, shako, shock, skosh, soaks, socks.
	-3 letters: asks, cash, cask, chao, cosh, coss, hack, hock, koas, koss, oaks, ocas, okas, ossa, sack, sacs, sash, skas, soak, sock.
	-4 letters: ash, ask, ass, cos, hao, has, kas, koa, kos, oak, oca, ohs, oka, sac, sha, ska, sos.
	-5 letters: ah, as, ha, ho, ka, oh, os, sh, so.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-h-k-o-s-s"
	+1 letter: hassocks, hopsacks, shackoes.
	+2 letters: cashbooks, shaddocks, shamrocks, shoepacks.
	+3 letters: backhouses, cookshacks, headstocks, horsebacks, packhorses, rockshafts, sackcloths, shoeblacks, shortcakes, solonchaks.
	+4 letters: aftershocks, hopsackings.
	+5 letters: mackintoshes, shacklebones.
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