Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tiller

/ˈtɪlɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English

Syllables: tiller
IPA: /ˈtɪlɚ/

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who tills; a farmer.

noun

A machine that mechanically tills the soil.

noun

Obsolete

noun

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

verb

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

Intransitive verb

noun

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

noun

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).

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"In France, Europe's most fertile and cultivated land, the tillers of it suffered more and more hunger."
"first you must provide you of a Ladder to ascend the top of your Pit : this they usually make of a curved Tiller fit to apply to the convex shape of the heap"
"You can shoot in a tiller."
"But search her cabinet, and thou shalt find Each tiller there with love-epistles lin'd"

Etymology

From Middle English tilier; equivalent to till + -er.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: tilier, telȝre, telgor, *telguʀ, *telguz, *delgʰ-
Suffix: till

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtɪlɚ/
British English: /ˈtɪlə/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

tillers (plural) tillow (alternative) tillers (present, singular) tillering (participle, present) tillered (participle, past) tillered (past)

Derived Forms

Tiller Tillerson tillerless tillerman

Phrases

power tiller tiller-beam tiller yoke motor plow even hand at the tiller even hand on the tiller firm hand at the tiller firm hand on the tiller

Frequently Paired Words

motor plow Tillerson tiller

Synonyms

cultivator stool

Rhymes With

miller killer thriller pillar filler schiller millar hiller stiller chiller spiller diller

Questions

How do you pronounce tiller?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɪlɚ/.
What does tiller mean?: A person who tills; a farmer.
Where does tiller come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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