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tangle(1)(dictionary)
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tangle(dictionary)
neurofibrillary tangle(medicine)
tingle-tangle(1)(dictionary)
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tangle 1, verb(dictionary)
tangle 2, noun(dictionary)

tangle(2) (iou)



tangle noun2. E17.
[from the verb.]
A tangled condition; a tangled mass; a confused mass of intertwined threads, hairs, branches, etc.; a single long thread, line, etc., coiled or knotted confusingly; a snarl, a ravel. E17.
Oxford English Dictionary This string is all in a tangle. J. M. Coetzee He freed three fenceposts from the tangle of broken fencing. U. Holden The knobbly branches growing in a tangle.
transf. & fig. A complicated and confused assemblage; a muddle, a jumble; an intricate system of routes, etc.; a confused network of opinions, facts, etc.; a confused or complicated state. M18.
J. Buchan The only man that can straighten out the tangle. J. Carew His father..left nothing but a tangle of debts. M. Marrin To the north a tangle of motorways rises.
Any of various plants having long, winding, tangled stalks, or of tangled growth. M19.
blue tangle(s) US a kind of huckleberry, Gaylussaca frondosa. red tangle dial. a dodder, Cuscuta epithymum.
Medicine. A tangled mass of neurofibrils found in or around cells of the central nervous system esp. as a characteristic feature of Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders. E20.