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leas

leas is the plural of lea.

Meaning of lea

Noun (1)

lea (plural leas)

  1. An open field, meadow, pasture.
    • The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
      The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea,
      The plowman homeward plods his weary way,
      And leaves the world to darkness and to me.1750, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

Noun (2)

lea (plural leas)

  1. Any of several measures of yarn; for linen, 300 yards (275 m); for cotton, 120 yards (110 m).
    Synonyms:
    rap
  2. A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.

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Noun capitalized: LEAs

LEAs

  1. (plural) plural of LEA

Words that rhyme with leas

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Questions about leas

What is leas the plural of?
Leas is the plural of lea.
What part of speech is leas?
Leas is a noun.

Words near leas in the dictionary

  1. leary
  2. Leary biscuit
  3. Leary biscuits
  4. Learyesque
  5. Learys
  6. leas
  7. leasable
  8. lease
  9. lease for lives
  10. lease line
  11. lease lines

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