cawl Meaning & Definition
/kaʊl/
What Does Cawl Mean?
Cawl is a noun that means A traditional Welsh soup, typically made with beef, lamb, or salted bacon with carrot, leeks, potatoes, swedes, and other seasonal vegetables.
Quick Facts About Cawl
| Part of speech | noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /kaʊl/ |
| Plural | cawls |
Cawl Definition (Noun)
- A traditional Welsh soup, typically made with beef, lamb, or salted bacon with carrot, leeks, potatoes, swedes, and other seasonal vegetables.
Noun
- Alternative spelling of caul (“a membrane or veil, especially over a baby's head”).
Synonyms of Cawl
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Cawl synonyms and antonyms →Word Forms & Grammar
cawl (countable and uncountable, plural cawls)
cawl (plural cawls)
Origin of Cawl
Origin 1: 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.
Origin 2: A variant of caul.