el

UK /ˈɛl/ US /ˈɛl/

noun 5name 4num 1article 1

Definitions

noun

The name of the Latin script letter L/l.

The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.

noun

An elevated railway, especially for specific systems such as the metro in Chicago (informal)

The main section of the Sixth Avenue El from Morris Street to Ninth Avenue and 53rd Street shut down on December 4, 1938.

num

The cardinal number occurring after dek and before do in a duodecimal system. Written ↋, decimal value 11.

Collocations

ADJ.

east, goonish, mean, most, old, true, under, webcomic

VERB + EL

born, climbed, like, ocellated

EL + NOUN

boys', capitan, carnicero, cid, ee, en, harrach, martinez

PREP.

down, during, from, in, in, since

ADV.

colloquially, ever, notably, thus, usually

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a

elevated

noun — angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestia

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.

Wiktionary

The main section of the Sixth Avenue El from Morris Street to Ninth Avenue and 53rd Street shut down on December 4, 1938.

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"[…] A sister of Joseph Gerard […] was found unconscious on the kitchen floor by the family cook early this morning. […]" […] What leads could they have, if the old lady was el zonko?

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[…]who bared their brains to Heaven under the El and saw Mohammedan angels staggering on tenement roofs illuminated,[…]

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The Washington Street El was torn down in 1987.

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Known colloquially as the "El," the elevated lines constituted the earliest attempt to remove urban passenger traffic from the streets.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, el is marked as informal, slang, US, humorous. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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