"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 Coordinate_terms: UES
    Sense id: en-LES-en-name-SEl5Poxz Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 5 19 14 4 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 37 2 12 8 2 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 3 17 12 2 30

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
    Sense id: en-LES-en-noun-owt32FgO Categories (other): Astronautics Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (anatomy) Initialism of lower esophageal sphincter. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: lower esophageal sphincter
    Sense id: en-LES-en-noun-4dzgwIz4 Categories (other): Anatomy, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 37 2 12 8 2 38 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
    Sense id: en-LES-en-noun-acllR1wO Categories (other): American English, Military Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

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