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Bill

noun
/bɪl/
Word Frequency: 52.5

Definitions

1.nounAny of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.
2.nounA cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.
3.nounSomebody armed with a bill; a billman.
4.nounA pickaxe, or mattock.
5.nounThe extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke (also called the peak).
6.verbTo dig, chop, etc., with a bill.

Synonyms

billhookhand billhedge billbillmanpolearmhandbillvisorvizorflyerbroadsidenibcircular

Rhymes With

shrillthrillkrilltrillskillillinstillbrill
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