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tonsils

tonsils is the plural of tonsil.

Meaning of tonsil

Noun

tonsil (plural tonsils)

  1. Any of various small masses of lymphoid tissues.

Noun

tonsils pl (plural only)

  1. (nonstandard, plural, plural-only) The uvula.

Words formed from tonsils

Phrases with tonsils

Questions about tonsils

What does tonsils mean?
Tonsils means the uvula.
What is tonsils the plural of?
Tonsils is the plural of tonsil.
What part of speech is tonsils?
Tonsils is a noun.

Words near tonsils in the dictionary

  1. tonsillotomy
  2. tonsilotome
  3. tonsilotomes
  4. tonsilotomies
  5. tonsilotomy
  6. tonsils
  7. Tonsky
  8. Tonskys
  9. tonsor
  10. tonsorial
  11. tonsorially

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