CEL

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cel¹

  • /sɛl/

Sounds like cell, sell · Rhymes with -ɛl

Where it comes from

Clipping of celluloid.

noun cels · cell

  1. A piece of celluloid on which has been drawn a frame of an animated film. After Jobs’s $5 million offer was rejected, the team attempted to do a deal with Disney, then a bastion of hand-painted cel animation.

cel²

  • /sɛl/

Sounds like cell, sell · Rhymes with -ɛl

Where it comes from

Clipping of celibate.

noun cels · cell

  1. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of celibacy or celibate.celibacy

CEL³

noun CELs

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of check engine light.check engine light

Cel⁴

  • /siːl/

Sounds like SEAL, ceil, seel, seal · Rhymes with -iːl

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Celia. I said no, and Celia said, "Yeah right. Who's gonna go out with her?" But she smiled when she said it, so I wasn't mad. And then Margaret winked at me and she said, "Cel's just jealous, Annemarie, 'cause you're way prettier than she was when she was your age."

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