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s | basil |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an acronym basil is

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s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    basil

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) basile, from .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A plant (Ocimum basilicum ).
  • The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
  • Any other species in the genus Ocimum .
    • Synonyms
    * (plant) albahaca, , sweet basil
    Derived terms
    * Asian basil * basil thyme * holy basil * Lao basil * lemon basil * sweet basil * Thai basil * wild basil

    External links

    * ("basil" on Wikipedia) * (Ocimum) * (Ocimum)

    Etymology 2

    Variant of bezel?

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The angle to which a joiner's tool is ground away.

    • Verb

  • To grind the edge of a tool to an acute angle.
    • (Moxon)
    Synonyms
    * bevel, sharpen

    Etymology 3

    Corrupted from (etyl) basan, (etyl) basane, (lena) basanium, from (etyl), properly "lining".

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.
    • Synonyms
    * basan, bazil (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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