twill

Other forms of twill

plural

twills·

past tense

twilled·

present participle

twilling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about twill

What does twill mean?

twill means "a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in twill?

twill has 1 syllable: twill. In IPA it is /ˈtwɪl/.

What is another word for twill?

Close synonyms include twill weave. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is twill a common word?

twill is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.