ELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ell mean? 

• ELL (noun)
  The noun ELL has 1 sense:

1. an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building

  Familiarity information: ELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ell" is a kind of...):

annex; annexe; extension; wing (an addition that extends a main building)

 Context examples 

Without offence did I tell yer to go to 'ell?

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Nex’ time you can go to ’ell, say I, an’ I’ve a good mind to give you what-for anyw’y.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I don’t know about wot you s’y, Mr. Van W’yden, but I do know I’ll never rest ’appy till I see that ’ell-’ound bloody well dead. ’E cawn’t live as long as me. ’E’s got no right to live, an’ as the Good Word puts it, ‘’E shall shorely die,’ an’ I s’y, ‘Amen, an’ damn soon at that.’

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)