noun
Meaning 1
Beam, ray (e.g. of light).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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Standard Lemma guide
streal
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈstɹiːl/
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[ˈstɹ̝̊wɪi̯l]
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[ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔wɪi̯l]
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -iːl
noun
Meaning 2
An arrow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Sussex
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noun
Meaning 3
Anything thrown or cast; a missile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, UK
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noun
Meaning 4
The pupil of the eye.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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History
Etymology
From Middle English strele, stral, from Old English strǣl (“beam, ray, arrow, shaft, dart, missile”), from Proto-West Germanic *strālu (“arrow, ray, beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *strēl- *strēlā- (“arrow, beam”). Cognate with West Frisian striel (“arrow, dart, shaft”), Dutch straal (“radius, ray, beam, stream”), German Strahl (“beam, ray, spurt”), Swedish stråle (“beam, ray”), Icelandic strjál (“arrow”), Lithuanian strėlė (“arrow, dart, jib”), Russian стрела (strela, “arrow, dart”). See also streel.