ell

noun/ɛl/

Frequency rank: #13,158 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

An old unit of measurement for cloth, roughly 45 inches in England.

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Example sentence

The tailor measured out one ell of fabric before cutting the cloth.

Synonyms & related words

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