"tangle" meaning in English

See tangle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtæŋ.ɡəl/ Audio: en-us-tangle.ogg [US] Forms: tangle [singular], tangles [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A tangle is a twisted mass of something.
    Sense id: simple-tangle-en-noun-q~3VKL3p

Verb

IPA: /ˈtæŋ.ɡəl/ Audio: en-us-tangle.ogg [US] Forms: tangle [canonical], tangles [third-person, singular], tangled [past], tangled [past, participle], tangling [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|tangl|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To tangle is to twist something together into knots.
    Sense id: simple-tangle-en-verb-7ggbb7Bs
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