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The correct spelling is list.

How to pronounce list

/lɪst/
noun

IPA: /lɪst/

Say it like: Lis-t

The correct spelling is list. A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth. For example: "to list a door"

Usage Examples

to list a door

to list a board

the steady wind listed the ship

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
  2. 2.Material used for cloth selvage.
  3. 3.A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself.
  4. 4.(in the plural) The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments.
  5. 5.A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the LISP programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or more items.

verb

  1. 1.To create or recite a list.
  2. 2.To place in listings.
  3. 3.To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.
  4. 4.To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
  5. 5.To plough and plant with a lister.

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