byssus

byssus is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.
2. noun. A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.
3. noun. An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.
4. noun. Asbestus.
5. noun. tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface

   Synonyms: beard

Synonyms

beard

Common word forms

byssuses

Words from these letters

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