tiller
Plural: tillers
Noun
- a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass
- someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)
- lever used to turn the rudder on a boat
- a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)
- A person who tills; a farmer.
- A machine that mechanically tills the soil.
- A young tree.
- A shoot of a plant which springs from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sapling; a sucker.
- The stock; a beam on a crossbow carved to fit the arrow, or the point of balance in a longbow.
- A bar of iron or wood connected with the rudderhead and leadline, usually forward, in which the rudder is moved as desired by the tiller (FM 55-501).
- The handle of the rudder which the helmsman holds to steer the boat, a piece of wood or metal extending forward from the rudder over or through the transom. Generally attached at the top of the rudder.
- A steering wheel, usually mounted on the lower portion of the captain's control column, which is used to steer the aircraft's nosewheel or tailwheel to provide steering during taxi.
- A handle; a stalk.
- The rear-wheel steering control, aboard a tiller truck.
- A small drawer; a till.
Verb
Verb Forms: tillered, tillering, tillers
- To send out new shoots or stems from the base of a plant.
- grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers
- To produce new shoots from the root or from around the bottom of the original stalk; stool.
Examples
- From one short word, his strategy began to TILLER, growing into multiple scoring opportunities.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English tilier; equivalent to till + -er.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 6
tiller: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtiller: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tiller: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 8
tiller: valid Words With Friends Word