Lea (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
  2. land used for a few years for pasture or for growing hay, then plowed over and replaced by another crop.
  3. a crop of hay on tillable land.
adjective
  1. untilled; fallow.
noun
  1. a measure of yarn of varying quantity, for wool usually 80 yards (73 meters), cotton and silk 120 yards (110 meters), linen 300 yards (274 meters).
  2. Textiles.
    • a unit length used to ascertain the linear density of yarns.
    • a count or number representing units of linear measure per pound in linen or cotton yarn:a 20-lea yarn.
noun
  1. U.S. soldier and author: adviser 1911–12 to Sun Yat-sen in China.
  2. a female given name, form of Leah or Lee.
abbreviation
  1. league.
  2. leather.
noun
  1. a meadow or field
  2. land that has been sown with grass seed
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
abbreviation for (in Britain)
  1. Local Education Authority
Lea (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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