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kileh

kileh is the alternative form of keleh.

Meaning of keleh

Noun

keleh (plural kelehs)

  1. A Middle Eastern unit of volume, 16.5 litres.
    • […] which means that sowing at the usual rate of about two and one half kelehs of seed per feddan, we may sow at the same time from 4,000 to 5,000 living pink bollworms in the infested seeds; […]1916, F. C. Willcocks, The Insect and Related Pests of Egypt (volume 1, page 176)

Forms of kileh

pluralkilehs

Questions about kileh

What is kileh the alternative form of?
Kileh is the alternative form of keleh.

Words near kileh in the dictionary

  1. Kilduff
  2. Kilduffs
  3. Kildwick
  4. kile
  5. Kilegi
  6. kileh
  7. kilehs
  8. kilerg
  9. kilergs
  10. kiles
  11. kiley

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