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nil

Letters that make nil

l, n, i are letters that make 'nil'

Words within nil

il, IL, Ni are words within 'nil'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of nil

anil, Nile, nill, nils are words created by adding a letter to 'nil'

nil is a 3 letter word ending with l
nil is a 3 letter word starting with n

1 possible definitions for 'nil'

Nil as "a quantity of no importance"

Under this definition, nil is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

goose egg, zilch, nix, nada, aught, zippo, null, naught, zip, zero, nothing, cypher, cipher have the same meaning as 'nil'

nil as a type

'nil' can be a type of relative quantity.

Types of nil

bugger all, fuck all, nihil, Fanny Adams, sweet Fanny Adams are types of 'nil'.

Derivatives of nil

zero is a derivative of nil.

Example of nil used within this context

"it looked like nothing I had ever seen before", "reduced to nil all the work we had done", "we racked up a pathetic goose egg", "it was all for naught", "I didn't hear zilch about it"