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tiller

noun verb

A person who tills; a farmer.

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Word length
6
Starts with
T
Ends with
R
Contains
IL
Scrabble score
6
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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/ˈtɪlə/ /ˈtɪlə/

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noun

  1. A person who tills; a farmer.

  2. A machine that mechanically tills the soil.

noun

  1. A young tree.

  2. A shoot of a plant which springs from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sapling; a sucker.

verb

  1. To produce new shoots from the root or from around the bottom of the original stalk; stool.

noun

  1. The stock; a beam on a crossbow carved to fit the arrow, or the point of balance in a longbow.

  2. A bar of iron or wood connected with the rudderhead and leadline, usually forward, in which the rudder is moved as desired by the tiller (FM 55-501).

  3. The handle of the rudder which the helmsman holds to steer the boat, a piece of wood or metal extending forward from the rudder over or through the transom. Generally attached at the top of the rudder.

  4. A handle; a stalk.

  5. The rear-wheel steering control, aboard a tiller truck.

  6. A small drawer; a till.

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