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The Meaning of pall

  • (n.) Same as Pawl.
  • (n.) An outer garment; a cloak mantle.
  • (n.) A kind of rich stuff used for garments in the Middle Ages.
  • (n.) Same as Pallium.
  • (n.) A figure resembling the Roman Catholic pallium, or pall, and having the form of the letter Y.
  • (n.) A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb.
  • (n.) A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side; -- used to put over the chalice.
  • (v. t.) To cloak.
  • (a.) To become vapid, tasteless, dull, or insipid; to lose strength, life, spirit, or taste; as, the liquor palls.
  • (v. t.) To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull; to weaken.
  • (v. t.) To satiate; to cloy; as, to pall the appetite.
  • (n.) Nausea.

Synonyms

shroud , drapery , mantle , drape , winding-clothes , winding-sheet , curtain , thrill , cerement , frisson , tingle , shudder , gelidity , shiver , chill , quiver , shivering , iciness , weather sheet , tack , mainsheet , sheet , blanket , chimneypiece , cape , mantlepiece , mantelpiece , mantel , pallium , weary , muffle , blunt , mute , numb , fatigue , scare , scare off , benumb , die , tire , frighten away , cloy , become flat , dampen , damp , scare away , tone down , daunt , frighten off , dull , dash , jade , shoot , scoot , flash , fright , affright , frighten , scud , crash , dart , smash , surfeit , drop dead , pop off , pass away , give-up the ghost , choke , pass , kick the bucket , expire , fail , buy the farm , go bad , perish , croak , give way , conk , conk out , break , snuff it , decease , give out , go , break down , exit , cash in one's chips , die out , play out , wear upon , bore , fag , wear , run down , exhaust , wear out , sap , fag out , outwear , tire out , wear down

Homophones

pahl

Rhymes

aerosol , aerospatiale , ahl , alcohol , all , amal , antol , appall , atoll , aul , aull , avenall , bacall , bahl , ball , banal , bansal , baseball , basketball , bawl , befall , bhopal , blackball , bol , bolle , bonsall , brawl , butterball , cabal , cabrall , call , cannonball , casal , catcall , catchall , caul , centrale , chagall , cholesterol , coll , cortisol , coval , coverall , crall , crawl , dahl , dall , depaul , deval , devall , dol , doll , dolle , downfall , doyal , drawl , drywall , duvall , edsall , engwall , enthral , ethanol , eyeball , faal , fahl , fall , fastball , faul , faull , fireball , football , footfall , footwall , forestall , gall , gamal , gammal , gasohol , gaul , gaulle , glycol , goll , golle , gopal , grahl , grall , graul , guildhall , hahl , hall , handball , hardball , haul , holl , holle , hydrosol , install , jamal , kahl , kahle , kall , koll , kolle , krol , kroll , lall , landfall , laval , leval , loll , luminol , lysol , mahal , mahl , mall , marcial , marsal , maul , maule , maull , mccall , mccaul , mcfall , mcfaul , mcnall , mcphaul , meatball , mendenhall , methanol , mittal , mol , moll , molle , montreal , morrall , mothball , nall , natal , neanderthal , nepal , nightfall , oddball , overall , overhaul , pahl , paintball , paul , peterpaul , pfahl , pinball , pitfall , pol , prahl , prall , pratfall , protocol , qual , racquetball , rahl , rainfall , rall , raul , rawl , recall , reinstall , retinol , rohypnol , rupaul , ryal , ryall , saal , sabol , sall , saul , schall , schmahl , schmall , schmoll , scholl , scrawl , screwball , seagal , segall , senegal , shaul , shaull , shawl , sholl , shortfall , small , snowball , softball , sol , soll , spall , spitball , sprawl , squall , staal , stahl , stall , stickball , stonewall , tal , talal , tall , taul , thall , tholl , thrall , tolle , trackball , transvaal , trawl , vaal , vahl , vandall , vanhall , vantol , villareal , voll , volle , volleyball , waal , wahl , wahle , wal , wall , walle , waterfall , wherewithal , whitehall , wiesenthal , windfall , woll , yigal , zoll , zwolle