name, noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Balls of fibre formed on clothing through usage, often called pill or pills.

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of pill form-of, gerund, participle, present

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   A village and civil parish in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4048). countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

tablettabletanovulantanovulatory drugassociation footballbag

Example

More examples

"This sweater has a lot of pilling, doesn't it? Shall we buy a new one?"

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