tills

Meaning of tills

plural noun
  1. a cash register or drawer for money in a shop, bank, or restaurant.
    there were queues at the till
    checkout tills

late Middle English (in the general sense ‘drawer or compartment for valuables’): of unknown origin.

verb, 3rd person present
  1. prepare and cultivate (land) for crops.
    no land was being tilled or crops sown

Old English tilian ‘strive for, obtain by effort’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch telen ‘produce, cultivate’ and German zielen ‘aim, strive’, also ultimately to till1. The current sense dates from Middle English.

plural noun

boulder clay or other sediment deposited by melting glaciers or ice sheets.

late 17th century (originally Scots, denoting shale): of unknown origin.

Information about tills

  • The singular form of tills is: till.
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Hyphenation of tills

tills

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • tills is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

tills synonyms

Meaning a small lockable box, typically made of metal, in which valuables may be kept:

strongbox

Meaning a point at which goods are paid for in a supermarket or similar store:

checkout

Meaning a long flat-topped fitment across which business is conducted in a shop or bank or refreshments are served in a cafeteria:

counter

Meaning prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening:

cultivate

Meaning cultivate (land) or extract materials from (a mine or quarry):

work

Meaning use (land) for growing crops and rearing animals:

farm

Meaning turn up the earth of (an area of land) with a plough, especially before sowing:

plough

Meaning break up and move earth with a tool or machine, or with hands, paws, snout, etc:

dig

Meaning dig over (ground) with a spade:

spade

Meaning make (something tied, fastened, or fixed in place) less tight or firm:

loosen

Meaning draw a harrow over (land):

harrow

Meaning make (something) ready for use or consideration:

prepare

Meaning cause (an egg, female animal, or plant) to develop a new individual by introducing male reproductive material:

fertilize

Meaning put (a seed, bulb, or plant) in the ground so that it can grow:

plant

Meaning reach inside a receptacle and search for something:

delve

Anagrams of tills

lilts, Still, still

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