Have you seen the ell on that house?
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Ell
//ˈɛl//
Synonyms for "ell" (43 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (21)
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More general
4 entriescoordinate
7 entriesderived
4 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 17 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- alna noun (measure of cloth)
Czech
2 entries- loket noun (measure of cloth)
- přístavek noun (extension of a building)
Danish
1 entries- alen noun (measure of cloth)
Dutch
1 entries- el noun (measure of cloth)
Faroese
1 entries- alin noun (measure of cloth)
Finnish
1 entries- kyynärä noun (measure of cloth)
French
2 entries- aile noun (extension of a building)
- aune noun (measure of cloth)
German
1 entries- Elle noun (measure of cloth)
Hungarian
1 entries- rőf noun (measure of cloth)
Ingrian
1 entries- kyynärä noun (measure of cloth)
Macedonian
2 entries- ла́кот noun (measure of cloth)
- лакт noun (measure of cloth)
Norwegian
1 entries- alen noun (measure of cloth)
Portuguese
1 entries- vara noun (measure of cloth)
Russian
1 entries- локоть noun (measure of cloth)
Spanish
2 entries- alna noun (measure of cloth)
- ana noun (measure of cloth)
Swedish
2 entries- aln noun (measure of cloth)
- flygel noun (extension of a building)
Turkish
1 entries- arşın noun (measure of cloth)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
At certain times in the ice-mountains of Switzerland there happen cracks which have shewn the great thickness of the ice, as some of these cracks have measured three or four hundred ells deep.
Source: wiktionary
A homely proverb recognises the existence of a troublesome class of persons who, having an inch conceded them, will take an ell.
Source: wiktionary
Berkhyas is described as being a mountain in size, his face black, his body covered with hair, his neck like that of a dragon, two boar's tusks from his mouth, his eyes wells of blood, his hair bristling like needles, his height 140 ells, his breadth 17, pigeons nestling in his snaky locks.
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