dossal
dossal is the alternative form of dorsal.
Meaning of dorsal
Noun
dorsal (plural dorsals)
- A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.
- Near-synonyms: altar screen, rood screen (not always different)
- Synonyms:
- altar screen, rood screen
- Any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.
- A sound produced using the dorsum of the tongue.
Forms of dossal
| plural | dossals |
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Words that rhyme with dossal
- fossil
- jostle
- apostle
- colossal
- supercolossal
- throstle
- aglossal
- basiglossal
- basioglossal
- genioglossal
- glossal
- hypoglossal
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Questions about dossal
- What is dossal the alternative form of?
- Dossal is the alternative form of dorsal.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dossal (page history and authors); dorsal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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