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lt

lt is the initialism of long ton.

lt is the abbreviation of light.

lt is the abbreviation of left.

Meaning of long ton

Noun

long ton (plural long tons)

  1. (historical) A traditional unit of mass equal to 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each, equivalent to approximately 1016 kilograms.
    Synonyms:
    ton[Appendix:Glossary, tun

Meaning of light

Adjective (1)

light (comparative lighter, superlative lightest)

  1. Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
    • The room is light when the Sun shines through the window.
    Synonyms:
    bright, lightful
  2. Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
    • She had light skin.
    Synonyms:
    pale
  3. Served with extra milk or cream.
    • Do you want your coffee light or black? -I like mine light.
    Synonyms:
    white

Adjective (2)

light (comparative lighter, superlative lightest)

  1. Having little or relatively little actual weight; not heavy; not cumbrous or unwieldy.
    • a light load ; a lighter backpack after having removed the books ; light weapons
  2. Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.
    • feathers and cork are light ; oil is lighter than water
    Synonyms:
    unheavy
  3. Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard, or proper amount; clipped or diminished.
    • to issue light coin

See all 69 meanings of light

Noun (1) capitalized: LT

LT (countable and uncountable, plural LTs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of leukotriene.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of lieutenant.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of local time.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of left twist.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of long time.
  6. A designation for a trim level within a model of trucks; it denotes low-end (base model) features.

Noun (2) capitalized: Lt

Lt

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of lieutenant, particularly as used in a title.
  2. (Australia, abbreviation) Abbreviation of Little in street names.
    • Walk to the Lt Lonsdale St end of Drewery Lane and turn left, continue under the Melbourne Central walkway to the corner of Elizabeth St.2025 January 27 (last accessed), Dottie, Walking Maps

Forms of lt

plurallts
pluralLTs

Words formed from lt

Questions about lt

What does lt mean?
Lt means a designation for a trim level within a model of trucks; it denotes low-end (base model) features.
What is lt the initialism of?
Lt is the initialism of long ton.
What part of speech is lt?
Lt is a noun.
What is the plural of lt?
The plural of lt is lts.

Words near lt in the dictionary

  1. LSUs
  2. LSV
  3. LSVC
  4. LSVCs
  5. LSVs
  6. lt
  7. Lt.
  8. Lt. Col.
  9. LTA
  10. LTAs
  11. LTB

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lt (page history and authors); LT (page history and authors); Lt (page history and authors); long ton (page history and authors); light (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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