MEANING
1. Unsorted sediment deposited directly by glacial ice.
2. To work soil in preparation for planting.
3. A drawer or container used to hold money received in a business.
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Words that belong together
- glacial till
- boulder till
On the page
Boulders protruded from the compact glacial till.
The stream cut a fresh section through the till.
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- till
- Past tense
- tilled
- Past participle
- tilled
- Present participle
- tilling
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: tills.
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