fl

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A form of flush left — Alignment of the text aligned along the left margin or gutter.

Very commonScrabble 5

Meanings

fl1

adjectivefl (not comparable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismnot comparablemediaInitialism of flush left.

FL2

nounFL (plural FLs)

plural FLs · alternative effell · alternative Fl

  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of foreign language.
  2. abbreviationaeronauticsAbbreviation of flight level.
  3. abbreviationhistoricalslangAbbreviation of French letter.

    You could buy FLs quietly in chemists' shops and often in barber shops.

    2012, Ian McCall, Going Going Gone, page 94
    2 more examples

    ‘Well, what did he recommend? Those effells are a pain in the neck, only for bachelors.’

    1954, Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial, published 1995, page 41

    Used and discarded Fls–French letters–floated in the slime, little opaque vessels carrying human seed into oblivion.

    2005, Shilpa Agarwal, Haunting Bombay
  4. abbreviationslanganimeAbbreviation of female lead.

    Synonyms: FML

proper noun

alternative effell · alternative Fl

  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of Florida: a state of the United States.
  2. abbreviationAbbreviation of Flevoland: a province of the Netherlands.

Fl3

proper noun
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of Florida; Alternative form of FL.

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

nouna radioactive transuranic element

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