Real Dictionary

L
L or l is used as an abbreviation for words beginning with l, such as 'litre' and 'lire'.
variable noun: L is the symbol for 'learner driver' in Britain. A large red 'L' on a white background is attached to cars in which people are learning to drive.
variable noun: L is the twelfth letter of the English alphabet.

l in American English
abbreviation: large
noun: the 12th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant

L in American English 1
an extension of a building that gives the whole a shape resembling L; ell
the twelfth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek lambda, a borrowing from the Phoenician
noun: an elevated railroad

L in American English 2
lake
land
noun

L in American English 3
Avogadro constant
abbreviation: lambert; lamberts

L in American English 4
symbol: the 12th in order or in a series, or, if I is omitted, the 11th

l in British English
noun: the 12th letter and ninth consonant of the modern English alphabet
symbol for: ell (unit)
symbol for: litre

L- in American English
having an asymmetrical, left-handed spatial arrangement of atoms
levorotatory
prefix: levo-

l. in American English
abbreviation: Lady
abbreviation: large

L. in British English
abbreviation for: lake