Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chavel

/ˈt͡ʃævəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: chav-el
IPA: /ˈt͡ʃævəl/

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The jaw, especially of an animal.

Obsolete

verb

To chew.

British usage; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The bracken lay sere under the trees, broken and chavelled by the restless wild winds of the long winter."

Etymology

From Middle English chavel (also chawl, jawle, jawe), from Old English ċeafl (“a bill, beak, snout, jaw, jaw-bone, cheek, cheek-bone”), from Proto-West Germanic *kafl, from Proto-Germanic *kaflaz (“jaw”). Doublet of jowl; see there for more.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: chavel, ċeafl, *kafl, *kaflaz

Usage

Inflected Forms

chavels (plural) chavels (present, singular) chavelling (participle, present) chavelled (participle, past) chavelled (past)

Phrases

chavel-bone

Questions

How do you pronounce chavel?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃævəl/.
What does chavel mean?: The jaw, especially of an animal.
Where does chavel come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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