terril

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French terril.

Noun[edit]

terril m (plural terrils, diminutive terrilletje n)

(Belgium) slag mountain

Synonyms[edit]

steenberg

French[edit]

Two spoil tips in Donetsk, Ukraine

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Spoil tip

Etymology[edit]

From terre + -is, with spelling change reportedly reflecting Belgian colloquial pronunciation.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /tɛ.ʁi/, /te.ʁi/, /tɛ.ʁil/, /te.ʁil/
Audio: (file)

Noun[edit]

terril m (plural terrils)

a conical pile of waste material removed during mining; spoil tip, boney pile, gob pile, culm bank, waste tip, bing
Synonym: crassier

Alternative forms[edit]

terri (found in Émile Zola, Germinal)

Descendants[edit]

→ Dutch: terril

Further reading[edit]

“terril”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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