rill Syllabification: (rill)Pronunciation: /ril/Definition of rill noun a small stream. a shallow channel cut in the ground by running water. variant spelling of rille. verb [no object] (of water) flow in or as in a rill:the springwater rilled over our cold hands (as adjective rilled) indented with small grooves:blocks of butter pounded into artful shapes with rilled paddlesOrigin: mid 16th century: probably of Low German originrill in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of rill in the British & World English dictionary
