Converse of object

• eliminate: However, I also have a one inch piece of float tubing over the end of the whip to eliminate tangles.

• avoid: Laying the rope on the grass would have avoided a tangle he said - XX off!

• prevent: At last a product to prevent tangles in my hair!

• remove: Be sure to use a good crème rinse or conditioner so help remove any tangles.

Adjective modifier

• neurofibrillary: The neurofibrillary tangles -- which look like knotted string -- are mostly made up of a protein called tau.

• dense: Montana types soon produce a dense tangle of stems for nesting birds.

• thick: A young WREN was calling somewhere amidst the thick tangle of BRAMBLES.

• complex: We need a reliable guide through the often complex tangle of arguments.

Modifies a noun

• net: In a recent study, 2 % of tagged seals were killed in fishing gear, mainly gill and tangle nets.

Preposition: of

• bush: I felt faint and cold when I faced the empty space among the black tangle of bushes.

• vegetation: Coot Lake The tangles of vegetation are also secure havens for nesting birds.

• wire: Quickly he withdraws his hand, bringing along some small tangles of wire.

• cable: It had to be simple to install, with no tangle of cables to struggle with.

• hair: A skeleton with a tangle of brown hair adhering to it lay among the debris.

• tape: Do you find your local council a confusing tangle of red tape?

Noun used with modifier

• vine: David heard one and soon we were watching it in a vine tangle.

• lap: The race had to be restarted after a series of opening lap tangles.