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chessil

/ˈt͡ʃɛsəl/

chessil noun: gravel or pebbles.

Noun

chessil (uncountable)

  1. gravel or pebbles
    • It might seem probable that such masses as chessil bank, and the beds about Brighton, &c. were lodged, prior to the Deluge, upon the sea shore, and thrown into their present situation by that catastrophe1827, Georges Baron Cuvier, Scriptural Geology

Forms of chessil

alternative formchesil

Origin of chessil

From Middle English chisel, chesil, from Old English ċeosel, ċisel (“gravel, sand”), from Proto-West Germanic *kesul (“gravel, pebble”).

Questions about chessil

What does chessil mean?
Chessil means gravel or pebbles.
What part of speech is chessil?
Chessil is a noun.
How do you pronounce chessil?
Chessil is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɛsəl/.

Words near chessil in the dictionary

  1. Chesshyre
  2. chessic
  3. chessically
  4. Chessick
  5. Chessie
  6. chessil
  7. Chessington
  8. chessist
  9. chessists
  10. chesslike
  11. chessman

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