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dal
/dɑːl/
noun 5name 4
Collocations
5ADJ.
considered, mean, spanish
VERB + DAL
cards, program
DAL + NOUN
hilton, hlt, languages, surrealist
PREP.
with
ADV.
then
Definitions
noun
1
Any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils.
2
A dish made from lentils, cooked with spices, tomatoes and onions etc.
A stout Burmese woman, wife of a constable, was kneeling outside the cage ladling rice and watery dahl into tin pannikins.
3
A tropical herb with yellow flowers; the pigeon pea.
name
1
Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada.
The recreation program at Dal is very well rounded.
2
A river in central Sweden, the second longest in the country.
noun
1
Initialism of data access layer, a software architecture layer.
2
Initialism of database abstraction layer, a software architecture layer.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters
- dekaliter
- dekalitre
- decaliter
- decalitre
- dkl
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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A stout Burmese woman, wife of a constable, was kneeling outside the cage ladling rice and watery dahl into tin pannikins.
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The recreation program at Dal is very well rounded.
Wiktionary03
AmEx has co-branded cards with Delta (DAL) and Hilton (HLT), and Squeri said spending volume for both increased by double digit percentages in the quarter.
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Salvador Dalí was a Spanish artist.
Tatoeba · #178782105
Lojban is the Salvador Dalí of languages.
Tatoeba · #195901206
"I only know one surrealist, and that's Salvador Dalí." "Then you mean to say you don't know any surrealists."
Tatoeba · #7057864Usage Notes
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