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- 1. short for local education authority
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1. : grassland, pasture. 2. usually ley : arable land used temporarily for hay or grazing. lea. 2 of 2. abbreviation. leather. Synonyms. Noun. campo. champaign. down (s) grassland. heath. llano. moor. pampa. plain. prairie. savannah. steppe. tundra. veldt. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of lea in a Sentence.
noun. 1. a unit for measuring lengths of yarn, usually taken as 80 yards for wool, 120 yards for cotton and silk, and 300 yards for linen. 2. a measure of yarn expressed as the length per unit weight, usually the number of leas per pound. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
noun. a unit for measuring lengths of yarn, usually taken as 80 yards for wool, 120 yards for cotton and silk, and 300 yards for linen. a measure of yarn expressed as the length per unit weight, usually the number of leas per pound. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd ...
Definition of LEA in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
lea. 1. (Units) a unit for measuring lengths of yarn, usually taken as 80 yards for wool, 120 yards for cotton and silk, and 300 yards for linen. 2. (Units) a measure of yarn expressed as the length per unit weight, usually the number of leas per pound.
Definitions of lea. noun. a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock. synonyms: grazing land, ley, pasture, pastureland. see more. noun. a unit of length of thread or yarn. see more. Pronunciation.
noun. -leas. A meadow or grassy field. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Ley. Webster's New World. A measure of yarn varying from 80 to 300 yards, according to the kind of yarn (usually 80 yards for wool, 120 yards for silk and cotton, 300 yards for linen) Webster's New World. Synonyms: ley. grazing land. pastureland. abbreviation.
UK /liː/ noun (literary) an open area of grassy or arable land the lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea Examples Some distance away, atop a grassy knoll upon the lea, they had laid her to rest in an unmarked grave, as alone in death as she had been in life.
an open area of grassy or arable land:. Meaning, pronunciation and example sentences, English to English reference content.
a tract of open ground, esp. grassland; meadow. Agriculture land used for a few years for pasture or for growing hay, then plowed over and replaced by another crop. a crop of hay on tillable land. adj. untilled; fallow. Also, ley.
