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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sheal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sheal
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shell or pod.

British usage; Obsolete

noun

A shieling

verb

To shell (remove husks, shells etc)

verb

To shelter under a shieling

Example Sentences

Etymology

Variant of shiel, from Middle English schelen, schyllen, from Old English sċylian, sċilian. Akin to Old English scealu (“shell, husk”). See also shell.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: schelen, sċylian, scealu

Usage

Inflected Forms

sheals (plural) sheals (present, singular) shealing (participle, present) shealed (participle, past) shealed (past)

Questions

What does sheal mean?
A shell or pod.
Where does sheal come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce sheal

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