Antonyms for gill
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : gil |
| Phonetic Transcription : gɪl |
Definition of gill
Origin :- "organ of breathing in fishes," early 14c., of unknown origin, perhaps from a Scandinavian source, e.g. Old Norse giolnar which perhaps means "gills;" Old Danish -gæln (in fiske-gæln "fish gill"). Related: Gills.
- As in mouth : noun opening
- As in race : noun stream, river
- As in liquid measure : noun unit of capacity for liquids
- As in wattle : noun framework
- As in cheek : noun side of human face
- As in countenance : noun appearance, usually of the face
- Mr. Gill had the house for eight years, and was the last landlord.
- Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. » by Various
- Was it the backwater of my disgrace, I wonder, that has overwhelmed poor Gill?'
- Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
- The injury was too grave: Gill's life, as the doctor's certificate will prove, was in danger.
- Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
- Had she really leased the Barn to this man Gill: and if so, for what term?
- Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
- Boil half-a-pound of lump sugar in a gill of water until melted.
- Extract from : « Nelson's Home Comforts » by Mary Hooper
- Nor could they collect in the canteen even a gill of water to take with them.
- Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet
- A gill of cold-drawn castor-oil, added to the above, would be beneficial.
- Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings
- Mr. Gill describes one of these houses which was used as a residence.
- Extract from : « Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 » by Various
- They are chiefly caught on Lake Huron with gill nets and hooks.
- Extract from : « Old Mackinaw » by W. P. Strickland.
- They are caught in seines, gill nets, trap nets, and with spears; never with hooks.
- Extract from : « Old Mackinaw » by W. P. Strickland.
Synonyms for gill
- aperture
- aspect
- beak
- biscuit
- box
- branch
- British imperial liquid measure
- brook
- cast
- cavity
- chop
- choppers
- chops
- clam
- creek
- crevice
- cup
- delta
- demeanor
- door
- duct
- embouchement
- entrance
- estuary
- expression
- face
- features
- fence
- firth
- fly trap
- funnel
- gallon
- gate
- gill
- gills
- gob
- harbor
- inlet
- jaws
- jowl
- kisser
- lips
- liquid unit
- look
- looks
- map
- mask
- mien
- mug
- mush
- orifice
- phizog
- physiognomy
- pint
- poker face
- portal
- potato
- puss
- quart
- raceway
- rill
- rim
- rindle
- rivulet
- roof
- run
- runnel
- sluice
- tide
- trap
- US liquid measure
- visage
- wall
- yap
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