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tonsile

tonsile adjective: capable of being clipped.

Adjective

tonsile (comparative more tonsile, superlative most tonsile)

  1. Capable of being clipped.

Forms of tonsile

comparativemore tonsile
superlativemost tonsile

Origin of tonsile

From Latin tonsilis, from tondere, tonsum (“to shear, clip”). See tonsure.

Words that rhyme with tonsile

Questions about tonsile

What does tonsile mean?
Tonsile means capable of being clipped.
What part of speech is tonsile?
Tonsile is an adjective.

Words near tonsile in the dictionary

  1. tonsil stone
  2. tonsil stones
  3. tonsil tennis
  4. tonsil-hockey
  5. tonsilar
  6. tonsile
  7. tonsilectomies
  8. tonsilectomy
  9. tonsilitic
  10. tonsilitis
  11. tonsilitises

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