Meaning & use
tinsels
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Plural of tinsel: thin strips or strands of glittering material used as decoration, especially on Christmas trees.
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The shop sold boxes of silver and gold tinsels for the holidays.
Different tinsels caught the light in shimmering colors.
A note on using this word
"Tinsel" is usually treated as uncountable in modern English; "tinsels" appears mainly when referring to distinct types or strands.
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glitterspangles
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