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parral

parral is the alternative form of parrel.

Meaning of parrel

Noun

parrel (plural parrels)

  1. A sliding loop of rope or metal, around the mast of a ship, to which a yard or gaff is fitted.
    • Excavating with the suction dredge, the field crew located a parrel, and a second parrel was found a short distance away.1998, Donna J. Souza, The Persistence of Sail in the Age of Steam: Underwater Archaeological Evidence from the Dry Tortugas, Springer, page 76
    Synonyms:
    rackie

Proper noun capitalized: Parral

Parral

  1. A commune and city in Chile.
  2. A former department of Chile.

Forms of parral

pluralparrals

Questions about parral

What does parral mean?
Parral means a commune and city in Chile.
What is parral the alternative form of?
Parral is the alternative form of parrel.
What part of speech is parral?
Parral is a proper noun.

Words near parral in the dictionary

  1. Parrack
  2. Parracks
  3. Parracombe
  4. parrakeet
  5. parrakeets
  6. parral
  7. Parrales
  8. Parraleses
  9. parrals
  10. Parramatta
  11. Parramore

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parral (page history and authors); Parral (page history and authors); parrel (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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