British
1
as in canyon
a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage
a narrow gill in the Cumbrian Mountains of the Lake District
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2
as in brook
a natural body of running water smaller than a river
a narrow but surprisingly deep gill runs the length of the rocky gorge
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Recent Examples of gill
Jourdan Rodrigue, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
Renters, stuffed to the gills, essentially pushed their chairs back from the Thanksgiving table and said enough.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025
Another research team at MIT used the gills of these creatures, which filter for plankton, to improve commercial water filtration systems.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 31 Dec. 2024
The skeleton-like lines of this new sea squirt are actually blood vessels that run through the sea squirt's gills, the researchers say.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
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For a few moments, the noise from the notorious Philadelphia crowd — explosive and energetic and packed to the gills in its finest all-weather gear — dulled.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
Renters, stuffed to the gills, essentially pushed their chairs back from the Thanksgiving table and said enough.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025
Another research team at MIT used the gills of these creatures, which filter for plankton, to improve commercial water filtration systems.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 31 Dec. 2024
The skeleton-like lines of this new sea squirt are actually blood vessels that run through the sea squirt's gills, the researchers say.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Gill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gill. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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