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skillion — /ˈskɪljən / (say skilyuhn) noun 1. Also, skillion room. a lean to or outhouse: *Pick up that harness at once, and hang it on the pegs in the skillion –henry lawson, 1901. 2. a hill or bluff sloping in one direction, with a sheer fall on the other …
skillion — [“skiljan] n. an imaginary enormous number. □ I have a skillion reasons why I won’t marry you. □ About a skillion people are running in the marathon … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
skillion roof — noun A roof slanting out from the wall of a building • • • Main Entry: ↑skillion … Useful english dictionary
Skillion roof — A skillion roof is normally a single sloping roof surface, not attached to another roof surface. Skillion roofs are sometimes called a shed roof, a flat roof, in the UK and Australia.The term skillion can also be used for a smaller addition to an … Wikipedia
skillion roof — /ˈskɪljən ruf/ (say skilyuhn roohf) noun a roof in which a flat surface slopes in one direction, without ridge or peak; formerly found only on a skillion (def. 1). –skillion roofed, adjective …
skillion — /skil yeuhn/, n. Australian. a lean to serving as a room or a shed. [1860 65; alter. of skilling, orig. dial. (S England), ME skyling; sense suggests kinship with dial. scale hut, shed ( < ON skali; cf. SHIEL), but phonetic development obscure;… … Universalium
skillion — skil·lion … English syllables
skillion — ˈskilyən noun ( s) Etymology: alteration of skeeling Australia : lean to … Useful english dictionary
Ned Kelly — For other uses, see Ned Kelly (disambiguation). Ned Kelly Ned Kelly the day before his execution … Wikipedia
Terrigal, New South Wales — Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb name = Terrigal city = Central Coast state = nsw |240px caption = The Skillion at sunrise lga = City of Gosford postcode = 2260 pop = 9,746 (2006 census) area = 9.1 est = parish = Kincumber stategov =… … Wikipedia
