WHITTLE
(noun) English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)
synonyms : frank whittle , sir frank whittle(verb) cut small bits or pare shavings from
"whittle a piece of wood"
synonyms : pareShe pared shavings from the block of cheese. -added by naila_inlas
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Mnemonics for whittle
(Tag: ) whit = small... whittle is to make things smaller by cutting
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(Tag: ) sounds like a verb form of BRITTLE
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(Tag: English) hittle reminds us of Hitler who cut things into smaller ...also just focus on "hit" part of this...
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(Tag: ) whittle == little pieces.
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(Tag: ) Shall WE HIT IT TILL thin pieces come away?
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(Tag: hindi, food) kathal (jackfruit) has to whittled .... similar sounding
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(Tag: (Kannada) Vittala/Vishnu) Sounds like god Vittala(for vishnu in kannada) who is the god of creation (gives shapes)
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(Tag: Hindi) "With" + "Hal" -> Imagine dividing something into small pieces with a hal.
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(Tag: ) whittle = w + hit + little;
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(Tag: ) Whittle sounds like divisible and also has the same meaning.They both mean, to reduce by removing parts.
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