Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chillum

/ˈt͡ʃɪləm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: chillum
IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪləm/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A conical pipe used for smoking marijuana, usually made of fired clay, porcelain, soapstone, glass or, more rarely, wood.

noun

The part of such a pipe that contains the tobacco and charcoal balls.

Example Sentences

"He could not think of moving till his baggage was cleared, or of travelling until he could do so with his chillum."
"The votaries should assemble at night and worship with flowers. The ganja should be washed in the manner in which people wash ganja for smoking. The worshipper must fill three chillums with equal quantities of ganja, observing due awe and reverence."
"Especially for him I’ve kept some hash that I had gotten from another sadhu, a piece of black Manali of passable quality. In my hotel-room I cut it in two pieces — each sufficient for one chilam (a hash-pipe, usually earthenware, in the shape of a bottleneck, that has to be held in two hands for smoking)."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani चिलम (cilam) / چِلَم (cilam), from Classical Persian چِلَم (čilam).

Word Breakdown

Root: چِلَم

Inflected Forms

chillums (plural) cheelam (alternative) chelam (alternative) chilam (alternative) chillam (alternative) tchilim (alternative)

Derived Forms

chubbler

Questions

How do you pronounce chillum?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃɪləm/.
What does chillum mean?: A conical pipe used for smoking marijuana, usually made of fired clay, porcelain, soapstone, glass or, more rarely, wood.
Where does chillum come from?: Borrowed from Hindustani चिलम (cilam) / چِلَم (cilam), from Classical Persian چِلَم (čilam).

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