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Definition: Thill |
ThillNoun1. One of two shafts extending from the body of a cart or carriage on either side of the animal that pulls it. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "thill" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1886. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | A. The floor of a coal seam. See also:underclay b. Eng. Seat earth or pavement of underclay directly underlying a coalbed, Newcastle. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Support | Post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster; pediment, pedicle; pedestal; plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle; buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment; baluster, banister, stanchion; balustrade; headstone; upright; door post, jamb, door jamb. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Thill |
| English words defined with "thill": Fill horse ♦ Holdback ♦ Thill coupling, Thiller. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "thill": thill driver. (references) |
| The following table summarizes the usage of "thill" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Thill | Last name | 1,000 | 12,126 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "thill": Thill coupling ♦ thill driver ♦ thill horse. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
thill | 15 |
thill float | 7 |
john thill | 6 |
prenhall.com thill | 6 |
mick thill | 3 |
bobbers thill | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "thill"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mashkull i qerres (yoke). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عريش العربة المركبة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ок (doubletree, pole). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | conducteur d'essai (thill driver), conducteur acrobate (thill driver), casca- deur (thill driver). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ρυμόσ άμαξησ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | villásrúd (pair of shafts, shafts). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lhuir, lhoo (pole, shaft, staff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | illthay timão (brand, helm, joystick, pole, rudder, steering wheel), lança (heave, javelin, lance, spear, steel). (various references) hulubã. (various references) оглобля. (various references) ruda (kingbolt, limber, ore, shaft). (various references) fimmelstång (shaft). (various references) araba oku (shaft). (various references) gọng xe, càng xe. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "thill": thills. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "thill": anthill, foothill. (additional references) | |
Words containing "thill": anthills, foothills. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "thill" (pronounced thi"l) |
| 2 | -i" l | bill, Brazil, brill, chill, dill, distil, distill, drill, Fil, fill, frill, fulfill, Gill, goodwill, grill, grille, Hill, ill, instill, Jill, kill, krill, Mil, mill, Mille, nil, nill, pill, prill, quill, refill, rill, Shill, shrill, sill, skill, spill, still, swill, thrill, til, till, trill, twill, until, uphill, will, zill. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-i-l-l-t" | |
-1 letter: hill, hilt, lilt, till. | |
-2 letters: hit, ill, lit, til. | |
-3 letters: hi, it, li, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-i-l-l-t" | |
+1 letter: thalli, thills, thrill. | |
+2 letters: anthill, hilltop, laithly, lichtly, lightly, lithely, tallish, tallith, thallic, thrills. | |
+3 letters: anthills, blithely, bullshit, chillest, filthily, foothill, helilift, hellkite, hilliest, hilltops, hiltless, inthrall, lightful, lithosol, littlish, lowlight, oilcloth, phallist, phyllite, slightly, talliths, thallium, thalloid, thrilled, thriller. | |
+4 letters: allethrin, billionth, blotchily, bullfight, bullshits, chilliest, coltishly, cultishly, doltishly, eightball, ethically, flightily, foothills, haltingly, healthily, helilifts, hellkites, hillcrest, hostilely, inthralls, laccolith, lamplight, lengthily, lethality, lightbulb, lightless, limelight, lithology, lithosols, loincloth, loutishly, lowlights, megilloth, millionth, multihull, nightfall, oilcloths, phallists, philately, phyllites, prothalli, sailcloth, shelliest, shrillest, stylishly, taillight, tallithes, tallithim, tallitoth, thalliums, thralling, thrillers, thrilling, wealthily, whitewall, zillionth. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 68 69 6C 6C |
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