ELL meaning: Unit of measurement, primarily historical

We found 41 dictionaries that define the word ell:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

ell: Merriam-Webster.com
ell, ell: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
ell, ell, ell: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
ell: Collins English Dictionary
ell: Vocabulary.com
E'l'l, E'll, Ell, e'll, ell: Wordnik
ell: Infoplease Dictionary
Ell, ell: Dictionary.com
ell: Online Etymology Dictionary
ELL (gene), Ell (architecture), Ell (disambiguation), Ell (unit), Ell: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Ell: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
ell: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
ell: Rhymezone
Ell: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
ell: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ELL: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
Ell: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
ell: Free Dictionary
ell: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
ell: Mnemonic Dictionary
ell: Dictionary/thesaurus
Ell: World Wide Words
'e'll, ell: Wiktionary
ell: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
ELL, Ell: Wiktionary
ell: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus

Business (3 matching dictionaries)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
Ell (unit), Ell: Legal dictionary
ell: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

Ell (unit), ell: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

ell: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)

Arms and Armour (No longer online)
ELL: Acronym Finder
ELL: Three Letter Words with definitions
AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)

Ell: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

ell: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
ell: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)

Glossary of Landscape Irrigation Terms (No longer online)
Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ELL)

▸ noun:  (historical) A measure of length. An English ell was 1¼ yards (45 inches or 114 cm), a Scottish ell was about 37 inches (94 cm), a Flemish ell was ¾ yard (27 inches or 69 cm), while certain European ells were less than 50 cm.
▸ noun:  The name of the Latin-script letter L/l. (more commonly el)
▸ noun:  An extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
▸ noun:  Something that is L-shaped.
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ noun:  (biochemistry) Abbreviation of RNA polymerase II elongation factor: an enzyme found in Cajal bodies.
▸ noun:  (education) Initialism of English-language learner.

Similar:

ellwand, elwand, Elvin, Welsh yard, eild, ounceland, elven, Easter, channel, yeldring, more...

Opposite:

ill, sick, unhealthy, unwell

Types:

English ell, American ell, french ell, Swedish ell, Dutch ell, Russian ell, Italian ell, German ell, Spanish ell, more...

Phrases:

pe ell, Lindsay Ell, Darrell Ell, Ell & Nikki, more...

Adjectives:

rear, long, flemish, story, non, small, large, old, fan, double, little

Colors:

emerald, yellow, shell pink, beryl, marigold, more...

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