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hiles

hiles is the plural of hile.

Meaning of hile

Noun

hile (plural hiles)

  1. (West-Country, obsolete) A bundle of sheaves of wheat (or similar crop) stacked vertically to dry; a stook.

See all 3 meanings of hile

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Hiles

Hiles (countable and uncountable, plural Hileses)

  1. A surname.
  2. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Forest County, Wisconsin, United States, named after Franklin P. Hiles.
  3. A town in Wood County, Wisconsin, named after George Hiles.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Hiles

Hiles

  1. (plural) plural of Hile

Forms of hiles

pluralHileses
alternative formHyles

Origin of hiles

Unexplained.

Questions about hiles

What does hiles mean?
Hiles means a surname.
What is hiles the plural of?
Hiles is the plural of hile.
What part of speech is hiles?
Hiles is a proper noun.

Words near hiles in the dictionary

  1. hile
  2. Hileman
  3. Hilemans
  4. Hiler
  5. Hilers
  6. hiles
  7. Hileses
  8. Hiley
  9. Hileys
  10. Hilferdingian
  11. Hilferty

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hiles (page history and authors); Hiles (page history and authors); hile (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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