jheel
/d͡ʒiːl/
jheel noun: a pond, marsh, lake or similar wetland area, usually with significant vegetation providing shelter and/or food to a variety of aquatic and semi-aquatic animal species.
Noun
jheel (plural jheels)
- A pond, marsh, lake or similar wetland area, usually with significant vegetation providing shelter and/or food to a variety of aquatic and semi-aquatic animal species.
- In Spring, it is ablaze with roses; in Summer, the roses die and the hot winds blow from the hills; in Autumn, the white mists from the jhils cover the place as with water, and in Winter the frosts nip everything young and tender to earth-level.1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Wayside Comedy”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 59
Proper noun capitalized: Jheel
Jheel
- A female given name used in India.
Forms of jheel
| plural | jheels |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bheel |
| alternative form | jeel |
| alternative form | jhil |
Origin of jheel
Borrowed from Hindustani झील (jhīl) / جھیل (jhīl).
Borrowed from Hindi झील (jhīl, “lake”).
Words that rhyme with jheel
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- keel
- anneal
- creel
- peal
- peel
- sweal
- congeal
- Izmail
- kneel
- meal
- Neale
- streal
- weal
- awheel
- Castile
- cochineal
- feal
- heal
- Lille
- ordeal
- repeal
- sele
- squeal
- teal
- zeal
- ceil
- debile
- dishabille
- hele
- leal
- lifesteal
- Neil
- Niel
- O'Neill
- reveal
- schlemiel
- seel
- she'll
- shiel
- skeel
- spiel
- square meal
- unseal
- veal
- we'll
- weel
- ye'll
- -meal
Questions about jheel
- What does jheel mean?
- Jheel means a pond, marsh, lake or similar wetland area, usually with significant vegetation providing shelter and/or food to a variety of aquatic and semi-aquatic animal species.
- What part of speech is jheel?
- Jheel can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce jheel?
- Jheel is pronounced /d͡ʒiːl/.
- What is the plural of jheel?
- The plural of jheel is jheels.
Words near jheel in the dictionary
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