This week’s theme
Words that result in another word when a single letter is prefixed

This week’s words
ovine
uberty
lection
rill
otic

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PRONUNCIATION:

(ril)

MEANING:

noun:
1. A small stream.
2. A narrow groove carved by erosion.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Dutch ril or Low German Rille (groove). Ultimately from the Indo-European root rei- (to flow or run), which also gave us run, rival, derive, and runnel. Earliest documented use: 1552.

USAGE:

“Six months ago she’d stood upright on the rill and laughed with delight as the water had splashed over her.”
Marion Lennox; Meant-to-Be Family; Harlequin; 2015.

See more usage examples of rill in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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