L
pronunciation
How to pronounce L in British English:
UK [el]
How to pronounce L in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- a metric unit of capacity equal to the volume of 1 kilogram of pure water at 4 degrees centigrade and 760 mm of mercury (or approximately 76 pints)
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- Adjective:
- being ten more than forty
Word Origin
- L
- Roman letter, from Greek lambda, from Semitic lamed. The shape of the Roman letter is an early one in Greek, adopted before it was superseded in Greek by the inverted form which became the Greek lambda.
Example
- 1. Here l is the thickness of the bubble wrap .
- 2. A special machine turns them into 1.5 l bottles .
- 3. Are we going into an l ?
- 4. There is l : years of painfully slow growth .
- 5. At the end of the evening a lexus ls 600h l hybrid saloon will be auctioned .