OL

¹ American  

Or OL.,

abbreviation

1. Old Latin.

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-ol ² American  

1. a suffix used in the names of chemical derivatives, representing “alcohol” (glycerol; naphthol; phenol ), or sometimes “phenol” or less definitely assignable phenol derivatives (resorcinol ).

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-ol ³ American  

1. variant of -ole.

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Ol. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. (in prescriptions) oil.

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O.L. ⁵ American  

Or o.l.

abbreviation

1. (in prescriptions) the left eye.

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-ol ¹ British  

suffix

1. denoting an organic chemical compound containing a hydroxyl group, esp alcohols and phenols

   ethanol

   quinol

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-ol ² British  

combining form

1. (not used systematically) a variant of -ole 1

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–ol Scientific  

1. A suffix used to form the names of chemical compounds having a hydroxyl (OH) group, such as ethanol.

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Etymology

Origin of -ol²

Short for alcohol or phenol

Origin of Ol.⁴

From the Latin word oleum

Origin of O.L.⁵

From Latin oculus laevus

Example Sentences

At first no one notices them—everyone is distracted by the bounce house, frisbee tossing, and the country singer crooning about the good ol’ USA.

From Literature

Marseille followed their exit from the Champions League during the week by squandering a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at Paris FC on Saturday -- OM and OL are nine points worse off than PSG.

From Barron's

And yes, before you go racing to Peacock to confirm, Alexander gave his father Stellan a big ol’ hug in the closing goodbyes.

From Los Angeles Times

Manyweather has now reduced his OL Masterminds summit capacity to 200 in order to make it more personal, and he even brought it to the UK in October to help grow the sport across Europe.

From BBC

What’s driven this bucket-list fascination in recent years is plain ol’ consumerism, as in we want to buy our way to a life of great accomplishment.

From MarketWatch