Level
/ˈlɛv.əl/
The meaning and definition of Level, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.
Definition
noun
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A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
“Hand me the level so I can tell if this is correctly installed.”
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A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
“By the end of the day, we'd dug down to the level of the old basement floor.”
adjective
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The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
“This table isn't quite level; see how this marble rolls off it?”
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At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
“We tried to hang the pictures so that the bottom of the frames were level with the dark line in the wallpaper.”
Definitions from the Free Dictionary API
Origin
From Middle English level, from Old French livel.
Source: Etymological Wordnet (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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