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Moderatelist
The correct spelling is list.
How to pronounce list
/lɪst/
nounIPA: /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.A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
- 2.Material used for cloth selvage.
- 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.(in the plural) The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments.
- 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.To create or recite a list.
- 2.To place in listings.
- 3.To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.
- 4.To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
- 5.To plough and plant with a lister.
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