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You can make 41 words from basil according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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Definitions and meaning of basil

basil

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, Canada, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈbæz.əl/
  • Rhymes: -æzəl
  • Homophone: Basil
• (Canada, US) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪ.zəl/
  • Rhymes: -eɪzəl

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English basile, from Middle French basile, from Old French basile, from Medieval Latin basilicum, from Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón, “royal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”). Doublet of basilic, basilicon, and basilicum; further related to basileus, basilean, and basileiolatry.

Noun

basil (usually uncountable, plural basils)

1. A plant (Ocimum basilicum).

   Synonyms: sweet basil, St. Joseph's wort, common basil, American dittany, great basil

2. The leaves of this plant used as a herb.

   Synonym: sweet basil

3. Any other species in the genus Ocimum.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Indonesian: basil

Translations

Further reading

• basil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ocimum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ocimum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

Variant of bezel.

Noun

basil (plural basils)

1. The angle to which a joiner's tool is ground away.

Verb

basil (third-person singular simple present basils, present participle basilling, simple past and past participle basilled)

1. (transitive) To grind the edge of a tool to an acute angle.

Synonyms

• bevel, sharpen

Etymology 3

Corrupted from English basan, from French basane, from Late Latin basanium, from Arabic بِطانَة (biṭāna, “lining”).

Noun

basil (plural basils)

1. The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.

Synonyms

• basan, bazil

Etymology 4

From Old French basile (“basilisk”).

Noun

basil (plural basils)

1. (obsolete) A type of cannon.
2. (now historical, archaic) A fetter fastened round the ankle of a prisoner.

Anagrams

• Bails, Blais, Salib, bails, labis, sabil

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbasɪl]
• Hyphenation: ba‧sil

Etymology 1

From Dutch bacil, from French bacille, from German Bazillus or translingual Bacillus, coined by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg.

Noun

basil

1. bacillus

Etymology 2

From English basil, from Old French basile, from Medieval Latin basilicum, from Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón, “royal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”).

Noun

basil

1. basil (Ocimum basilicum)

   Synonym: selasih

Derived terms

Further reading

• “basil” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.