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skeel

/skiːl/

skeel noun: a shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.

Noun

skeel (plural skeels)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.
    • The dairywoman now rolls the whole into one lump[…], closing the fingers, partially, at every stroke; thereby leaving it at the bottom of the skeel, exceedingly rough.1789, William Marshall, The Rural Economy of Gloucestershire
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) A washtub.

Forms of skeel

pluralskeels

Origin of skeel

From Old Norse skjóla, from Proto-Germanic *skeulǭ.

Words that rhyme with skeel

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Questions about skeel

What does skeel mean?
Skeel means a shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.
What part of speech is skeel?
Skeel is a noun.
How do you pronounce skeel?
Skeel is pronounced /skiːl/.
What is the plural of skeel?
The plural of skeel is skeels.

Words near skeel in the dictionary

  1. Skeeby
  2. skeechan
  3. skeed
  4. skeeds
  5. skeeing
  6. skeel
  7. skeelful
  8. skeelfuls
  9. skeeling
  10. skeelings
  11. skeels

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