whittle

Phonetic Respelling: [ hwit-l, wit-l ]

Definition:

v. 1 to shave or cut off chips from the surface of wood with a knife; 2 to reduce the amount of

Sentence:

He likes to whittle animals. OR He needs to whittle down his expenses.

More example sentences:

He likes to whittle animals. OR He needs to whittle down his expenses.

Hear it

What did Jabeth whittle with the bowie knife?

Hear it

He needs to whittle down his expenses.

Hear it

What did Johnnie whittle for Little Heart to bring her some happiness?

Hear it

Synonyms:

cut; trim; carve; shave

Antonyms:

glue

How many syllables in whittle?

2 syllables Play Syllables Game

Divide whittle into syllables:

whit-tle

Whittle rhymes:

Two Syllable Rhymes
- bittel
- bittle
- brittle
- hittle
- it'll
- kittel
- kittell
- kittle
- knittel
- knittle
- littell
- little
- lyttle
- pittle
- pytel
- rittle
- skittle
- smittle
- spittle
- tittel
- tittle
- vittle
- zittel
Three Syllable Rhymes
- acquittal
- belittle
- committal
- transmittal
Four Syllable Rhymes
- noncommittal

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