el
/ɛl/
noun
- The letter L in the English alphabet.
- She practiced writing the uppercase el in her notebook.
- The word 'apple' ends with the letter el.
- The teacher asked the class to circle every el in the sentence.
- An elevated railway, especially in a city.
- Chicago's famous el system has been running for over a century.
- The el train rattled past our apartment every morning.
- We took the el to get to the museum quickly.
- A unit of length equal to 45 inches (114 cm), formerly used in England for measuring cloth.
- The old measurement chart showed that one el equaled 45 inches.
- In medieval times, cloth was often sold by the el.
- The tailor ordered three els of wool fabric.