how to pronounce tiller

/ˈtɪl.əɹ/

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tiller is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of tiller in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… little pokey tiller we've got I think it …”

meanings of tiller

noun:

A bar of iron or wood connected with the rudderhead and leadline, usually forward, in which the rudder is moved as desired by the tiller (FM 55-501).
The rear-wheel steering control, aboard a tiller truck.
A person who tills; a farmer.
A machine that mechanically tills the soil.
A young tree.
A small drawer; a till.
A shoot of a plant which springs from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sapling; a sucker.
The stock; a beam on a crossbow carved to fit the arrow, or the point of balance in a longbow.
A handle; a stalk.
The handle of the rudder which the helmsman holds to steer the boat, a piece of wood or metal extending forward from the rudder over or through the transom. Generally attached at the top of the rudder.

verb:

To produce new shoots from the root or from around the bottom of the original stalk; stool.

name:

A surname.

tiller frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word tiller occurs in english on average 3.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics tiller can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that tiller can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) transport and travel;