cawl

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US, UK/kaʊl//kəʉl/UK/kɔːl/US/kɔl/

noun

A traditional Welsh soup, typically made with beef, lamb, or salted bacon with carrot, leeks, potatoes, swedes, and other seasonal vegetables.

OriginWelsh cawl ← Latin caulis ← Proto-Indo-European *kaw(ǝ)l →
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Meanings

cawl1

nouncawl (countable and uncountable, plural cawls)

plural cawls

  1. countableuncountableA traditional Welsh soup, typically made with beef, lamb, or salted bacon with carrot, leeks, potatoes, swedes, and other seasonal vegetables.

cawl2

nouncawl (plural cawls)

plural cawls

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of caul (“a membrane or veil, especially over a baby's head”).

Origin

cawl · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kaw(ǝ)l
  2. Latincaulis“stalk or stem of a plant, particularly a cabbage”
  3. Welshcawl
  4. Englishcawl

Borrowed from Welsh cawl, itself borrowed from Latin caulis (“stalk or stem of a plant, particularly a cabbage”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaw(ǝ)l, *kh₂ulós, or *kowos (“tubular bone; pipe”). The English word is a doublet of caulis, cole, and kale.

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cawl · noun

A variant of caul.

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Translations

Welsh cawl Cymreig
  • cawl Cymreigtraditional Welsh soup

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with cawl

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Sounds the same

cowlcall

Anagrams

claw
Cite this entry
APA

cawl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cawl

MLA

“cawl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cawl. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cawl,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cawl.

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