English Dictionary: Löffelliste | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for Löffelliste | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
L \L\ ([ecr]l), n. 1. An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter L; sometimes less properly applied to a narrower, or lower, extension in the direction of the length of the main building; a wing. [Written also {ell}.] 2. (Mech.) A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles. [Written also {ell}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
L \L\ ([ecr]l). 1. L is the twelfth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It is usually called a semivowel or liquid. Its form and value are from the Greek, through the Latin, the form of the Greek letter being from the Ph[d2]nician, and the ultimate origin prob. Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to r and u; as in pilgrim, peregrine, couch (fr. collocare), aubura (fr. LL. alburnus). Note: At the end of monosyllables containing a single vowel, it is often doubled, as in fall, full, bell; but not after digraphs, as in foul, fool, prowl, growl, foal. In English words, the terminating syllable le is unaccented, the e is silent, and l is preceded by a voice glide, as in able, eagle, pronounced [be][b6]b'l, [?][b6]g'l. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 241. 2. As a numeral, L stands for fifty in the English, as in the Latin language. For 50 the Romans used the Chalcidian chi, [?], which assumed the less difficult lapidary type, [?], and was then easily assimilated to L. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
L \L\, a. 1. Having the general shape of the (capital) letter L; as, an L beam, or L-beam. 2. Elevated; -- a symbol for {el.} as an abbreviation of elevated in elevated road or railroad. -- n. An elevated road; as, to ride on the L. [Colloq., U. S.] |