"LES" meaning in English

See LES in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} LES
  1. (US) Acronym of Lower East Side. Tags: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: Lower East Side
    Sense id: en-LES-en-name-SEl5Poxz Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 6 18 13 4 17

Noun

Forms: LESs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} LES (countable and uncountable, plural LESs)
  1. (astronautics) Initialism of launch escape system. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: launch escape system Categories (topical): Astronautics
  2. (anatomy) Initialism of lower esophageal sphincter. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: lower esophageal sphincter Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-LES-en-noun-4dzgwIz4 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  3. Initialism of lake effect snow. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: lake effect snow
    Sense id: en-LES-en-noun-Mn2ejnwh
  4. (military, US) Initialism of Leave and Earnings Statement. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Leave and Earnings Statement Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-LES-en-noun-acllR1wO Categories (other): American English Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for LES meaning in English (3.6kB)

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