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thrawl

thrawl noun: a stone slab or shelf used to keep food cool in a larder or pantry, in the days before refrigeration was domestically available.

Noun

thrawl (plural thrawls)

  1. (dated) A stone slab or shelf used to keep food cool in a larder or pantry, in the days before refrigeration was domestically available.
    • He placed the side of beef on the thrawl.

Forms of thrawl

pluralthrawls

Questions about thrawl

What does thrawl mean?
Thrawl means a stone slab or shelf used to keep food cool in a larder or pantry, in the days before refrigeration was domestically available.
What part of speech is thrawl?
Thrawl is a noun.
What is the plural of thrawl?
The plural of thrawl is thrawls.

Words near thrawl in the dictionary

  1. thraved
  2. thraves
  3. thraving
  4. thrawcrook
  5. thrawcrooks
  6. thrawl
  7. thrawls
  8. thrawnly
  9. Thrax
  10. Thrayodashi
  11. thre

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