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el

1  [el]
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–noun
Informal. elevated railroad.
Origin:
by shortening

el

2  [el]
–noun
ell 1 .

el

3  [el]
–noun
the letter l.

el.

 
elevation.

el⋅bow

  [el-boh]
–noun
1. the bend or joint of the human arm between upper arm and forearm.
2. the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped.
3. something bent like an elbow, as a sharp turn in a road or river, or a piece of pipe bent at an angle.
4. Architecture. crossette.
5. Also called ell, el. a plumbing pipe or pipe connection having a right-angled bend.
–verb (used with object)
6. to push with or as if with the elbow; jostle.
7. to make (one's way) by so pushing.
–verb (used without object)
8. to elbow one's way: He elbowed through the crowd.
—Idioms
9. at one's elbow, within easy reach; nearby: A virtue of the cottage is that the ocean is at your elbow.
10. bend, lift, or crook an elbow, Informal. to drink alcoholic beverages.
11. give the elbow, shove aside, get rid of, or reject.
12. out at the elbows,
a. poorly dressed; shabby.
b. impoverished.
Also, out at elbows.
13. rub elbows with, to mingle socially with; associate with: a resort where royalty rubs elbows with the merely rich.
14. up to one's elbows, very busy; engrossed: I am up to my elbows in answering mail. Also, up to the elbows.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME elbowe, OE el(n)boga; c. MD elle(n)bōghe, OHG el(l)inbogo (G Ellenbogen), ON ǫl(n)bogi; lit., “forearm-bend.” See ell 2 , bow 1

elevated railroad

 
–noun
a railroad system operating on an elevated structure, as over streets.
Also called el.

Origin:
1865–70, Americanism

ell

1  [el]
–noun
1. an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
2. elbow (def. 5).
3. something that is L-shaped.
Also, el.

Origin:
1765–75; a sp. of the letter name, or by shortening of elbow
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el 1 also ell   (ěl)   
n.  The letter l.
el 2   (ěl)   
n.   Informal
An elevated railway.
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el
  1. elevated railroad
  2. Greek
EL
  1. electroluminescent
  2. exposure level
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Language Translation for : El
Spanish: a; lejos,
German: weg,
Japanese: 離れて
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