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ratchelly

ratchelly adjective: resembling or containing gravelly stone.

Adjective

ratchelly (comparative more ratchelly, superlative most ratchelly)

  1. (UK, dialectal) Resembling or containing gravelly stone.

Forms of ratchelly

comparativemore ratchelly
superlativemost ratchelly

Origin of ratchelly

From ratchel + -y.

Questions about ratchelly

What does ratchelly mean?
Ratchelly means resembling or containing gravelly stone.
What part of speech is ratchelly?
Ratchelly is an adjective.

Words near ratchelly in the dictionary

  1. ratcatching
  2. ratch
  3. Ratchaburi
  4. ratched
  5. Ratchel
  6. ratchelly
  7. ratches
  8. ratchet
  9. ratchet coupling
  10. ratchet couplings
  11. ratchet drill

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