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Cel

//sɛl// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the female given name Celia.

    "I said no, and Celia said, "Yeah right. Who's gonna go out with her?" But she smiled when she said it, so I wasn't mad. And then Margaret winked at me and she said, "Cel's just jealous, Annemarie, 'cause you're way prettier than she was when she was your age.""

Noun
  1. 1
    A piece of celluloid on which has been drawn a frame of an animated film.

    "After Jobs’s $5 million offer was rejected, the team attempted to do a deal with Disney, then a bastion of hand-painted cel animation."

  2. 2
    Clipping of celibacy or celibate. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
  3. 3
    Acronym of check engine light. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of celluloid.

Etymology 2

Clipping of celibate.

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