Tonsils
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tonsils is a noun meaning plural of tonsil.
Meaning
plural of tonsil.
More Meanings
- (nonstandard) The uvula.
Example Sentences
“So now everything's fine.” I uttered a hacking laugh. “No,” I said, in answer to a query from Aunt Dahlia. “I have not accidentally swallowed my tonsils, I was merely laughing hackingly. Ironical that the young blister should say that everything is fine, for at this very moment disaster stares us in the eyeball.”
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include faucial, uvula, uvulatome, staphyle, adenoid, uvulatomy.
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