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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • lock up/ˌlɒk ˈʌp/phraseB12 meaningsTo secure a building by locking its doors.
  • locker roomphraseB1The room where the team changes and the coach gives the big speech.
  • log/lɒɡ/nounB13 meaningsA thick cut piece of tree.
  • lollipop/ˈlɒlipɒp/nounB1A hard sweet on a stick.
  • lonely/ˈləʊnli/adjectiveB13 meaningsUnhappy because you have nobody's company.
  • long jump/ˈlɒŋ ˌdʒʌmp/
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Leaping as far as possible from a marked line.
  • long time no seephraseB1A friendly greeting to somebody you have not met for ages.
  • look afterphraseB1To watch over and protect a person, animal, or thing.
  • look aroundphraseB12 meaningsTo walk through a place to see what is there.
  • look forward tophraseB1To be happily excited about something coming.
  • look up/ˌlʊk ˈʌp/phraseB13 meaningsTo search for information in a reference source.
  • loose/luːs/adjectiveB15 meaningsNot tight; with room to spare inside.
  • loosen/ˈluːsən/verbB12 meaningsTo make something less tight.
  • lord/lɔːd/nounB23 meaningsSaid alone or as oh Lord to show surprise, dismay or relief.
  • lose trackphraseB1To stop following something you had been following.
  • loser/luːzə(ɹ)/nounA23 meaningsSomebody who does not win.
  • lost/lɒst/adjectiveA22 meaningsUnable to find the way.
  • lost and foundnounB1The office holding things people left behind.
  • lost luggagenounB1Bags that did not arrive with you.
  • lotion/ˈloʊʃən/nounB1A creamy liquid rubbed into the skin.
  • loud/ˈlaʊ̯d/adjectiveA23 meaningsMaking a lot of sound.
  • lounge/ˈlaʊ̯nd͡ʒ/nounB13 meaningsA quiet room where passengers or guests wait.
  • lousy/ˈlaʊ.zi/adjectiveB12 meaningsVery bad indeed.
  • lovely/ˈlʌv.li/adjectiveA23 meaningsBeautiful, or very pleasant.
  • low/ˈləʊ/adjectiveA24 meaningsClose to the ground; not high.
  • low tidenounB1The point when the sea has fallen as far as it will.
  • loyal/ˈlɔɪəl/adjectiveB1Staying true to people or promises.
  • luckily/ˈlʌk.ɪ.li/adverbB1Fortunately, as things turned out.
  • lucky/ˈlʌki/adjectiveA23 meaningsHaving good things happen to you by chance.
  • luggage/ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/nounB1The bags and cases taken on a trip.
  • luggage storagenounB1The place bags are kept before or after a stay.
  • luggage tagnounB1The label showing where a bag should go.
  • lullaby/ˈlʌləbaɪ/nounB1A gentle song sung to send a child to sleep.
  • lungs/lʌŋz/nounB1The pair of organs in the chest used for breathing.
  • macaroni/mæk.əˈɹəʊ.ni/nounB1Pasta in the form of short curved tubes.
  • mad/ˈmæd/adjectiveA24 meaningsIn American use, angry.
  • magical/ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/adjectiveB12 meaningsHaving or seeming to have magic in it.
  • magician/məˈd͡ʒɪʃən/nounB12 meaningsA performer who does tricks that appear impossible.
  • magnet/ˈmæɡ.nɪt/nounB12 meaningsAn object that attracts iron and steel.
  • mailbox/ˈmeɪl.bɑks/nounB12 meaningsA box in which letters are delivered or posted.
  • make/meɪk/verbA16 meaningsTo produce or build something that did not exist before.
  • make a decisionphraseB1To choose what to do after considering the options.
  • make intophraseB1To turn one thing into another.
  • make sense ofphraseB1To find the pattern in something confusing.
  • make yourself at homephraseB1Relax here and behave as if it were your own place.
  • make-up artistnounB1The person who prepares actors' faces for the camera.
  • makes sensephraseB1That is a reasonable explanation.
  • mall/mɔːl/nounB12 meaningsA large enclosed building containing many shops.
  • man/ˈmæn/nounA13 meaningsAn adult male person.
  • manage/ˈmæn.ɪd͡ʒ/verbA2+3 meaningsTo succeed in doing something difficult.
  • management/ˈmæn.ɪdʒ.mənt/nounB12 meaningsThe study and practice of running organisations.
  • mankind/mænˈkaɪnd/nounB1Human beings considered as a whole.
  • manner/ˈmænə/nounA2+2 meaningsThe way in which somebody behaves towards others.
  • manual/ˈmæn.j(ʊ)əl/adjectiveB22 meaningsDone with the hands rather than automatically.
  • map/mæp/nounA12 meaningsA drawing showing the position of places or features.
  • map readingnounB1The skill of finding your way from a printed map.
  • maple/ˈmeɪpl̩/nounB12 meaningsA tree with lobed leaves, known for its sap and autumn colour.
  • maple syrup/ˈmeɪ.pəl ˈsɪ.ɹəp/nounB1A sweet brown syrup tapped from a Canadian tree.
  • marble/ˈmɑː.bəl/nounB12 meaningsA hard veined stone used for statues and buildings.
  • marblesnounB1A game played with small glass balls flicked along the ground.