Ingle

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An open fire in a fireplace.
  • n. A fireplace.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An open fireplace.
  • n. A catamite.
  • v. To cajole or coax; to wheedle.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Flame; blaze; a fire; a fireplace.
  • n. A paramour; a favourite; a sweetheart; an engle.
  • v. To cajole or coax; to wheedle. See engle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Fire; flame; blaze.
  • n. A household fire or fireplace.
  • n. A favorite, particularly a male favorite, in a bad sense; a paramour.
  • n. In a general sense, a person beloved; a friend.
  • To wheedle; coax.
  • Word Usage
    "And above the ingle was another slab of oak from the same tree."
    Equivalent
    Variant
    engle   
    Form
    inglenook   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    flame    blaze    fire    fireplace    paramour    favourite    sweetheart    engle   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dingle    Pringle    bingle    commingle    dingle    hingle    intermingle    jingle    lingle    mingle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cosiest    darnedest    coziest    bittie    oddly-shaped    drappie    bonniest    mannie    shadiest    rowers'