til

[ til, teel ]

noun
  1. the sesame plant.

Origin of til

1
Borrowed into English from Hindi around 1830–40
  • Also teel [teel] /til/ .

Other definitions for 'til (2 of 3)

'til
[ til ]

preposition, conjunction

Origin of 'til

2
Aphetic variant of until

confusables note For 'til

See till1.

Other definitions for TIL (3 of 3)

TIL

abbreviation
  1. today I learned.

Origin of TIL

3
From its use in digital communications

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How to use til in a sentence

  • The conviction of Mississippi lawyer Paul Minor and judges Walter Teel and John Whitfield also raise the same issues.

  • Dear boy, and Pip's comrade, you two may count upon me always having a gen-teel muzzle on.

    Great Expectations | Charles Dickens
  • The man or boy of past generations who desired to make a cheap gate, instinctively made a Teel Gate.

  • Yet some ten years ago the mighty intellect of Teel forged the idea, produced a model and forwarded it to the patent office.

  • "I be a fool, an' I don' know it teel long after," said Claude, slowly.

    Rose Charlitte | Marshall Saunders
  • Teel procured a pass for himself and three others (mentioning our names) to visit Black River and fish.

British Dictionary definitions for til

til

/ (tɪl, tiːl) /


noun
  1. another name for sesame, esp a variety grown in India

Origin of til

1
C19: from Hindi, from Sanskrit tilá sesame

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