Usually means: Aromatic herb used in cooking.
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We found 45 dictionaries that define the word basil:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. Basil, basil: Merriam-Webster
  2. basil: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. basil: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. basil: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Basil, basil: Vocabulary.com
  6. Basil, basil: Wordnik
  7. basil: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. BASIL, Basil, basil: Wiktionary
  9. basil: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. basil: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. basil: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Basil, basil: Dictionary.com
  13. Basil, basil: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. basil: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Basil (Sesame Park), Basil (disambiguation), Basil (film), Basil (herb), Basil (name), Basil (novel), Basil: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Basil: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. basil: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. basil: Rhymezone
  19. Basil: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. basil: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Basil, Basil: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  22. basil: FreeDictionary.org
  23. basil: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. Basil: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. basil: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. basil: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Basil: Linda's Culinary Dictionary
  2. Epicurus.com Spanish Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Encyclopedia of Spices (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Basil (herb), Basil (plant), basil: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. basil: Sound Alike Words
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  4. Essential Oil Profiles (No longer online)
  5. Basil (herb), Basil (plant), basil: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Basil: Bar-Nones Dictionary of Drinking
  2. baby names list (No longer online)
  3. BASIL: Acronym Finder

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. basil: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. basil: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. BBC Food Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See basiling as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A plant (Ocimum basilicum).
noun:  The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
noun:  Any other species in the genus Ocimum.
noun:  The angle to which a joiner's tool is ground away.
verb:  (transitive) To grind the edge of a tool to an acute angle.
noun:  The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.
noun:  (obsolete) A type of cannon.
noun:  (now historical, archaic) A fetter fastened round the ankle of a prisoner.
noun:  A male given name from Ancient Greek, in quiet but steady use in the UK.
noun:  Acronym of biphasic acid scavenging utilising ionic liquids.

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