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Noun: till  til
  1. Unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
    - boulder clay
     
  2. A treasury for government funds
    - public treasury, trough
     
  3. A strongbox for holding cash
    - cashbox, money box
Verb: till  til
  1. Work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation
    "till the soil"
Conjunction: till  til
  1. Up to a time that
    "sleep till it gets light"
    - until

Derived forms: tilled, tilling, tills

See also: tillage, tiller, tilling

Type of: deedbox, dirt, exchequer, process, soil, strongbox, treasury, work, work on

Encyclopedia: Till