Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

c.l.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. carload.

  2. carload lot.

  3. center line.

  4. civil law.

  5. common law.


cl. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. carload.

  2. claim.

  3. class.

  4. classification.

  5. clause.

  6. clearance.

  7. clerk.

  8. close.

  9. closet.

  10. cloth.


Cl 3 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. chlorine.


cl 4 American  
  1. centiliter; centiliters.


C/L 5 American  
  1. carload.

  2. carload lot.

  3. cash letter.


CL 6 American  
  1. common law.


cl 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Chile

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cl 2 British  

symbol

  1. chlorine

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cl 3 British  

symbol

  1. centilitre

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

CL 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. Sri Lanka (international car registration)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cl Scientific  
  1. Abbreviation of centiliter


Etymology

Origin of CL

from Ceylon

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"These men were close to spending their lives in a horrific foreign prison without ever having had any due process," The Times quoted A.C.L.U attorney Lee Gelernt as saying.

From Salon

Still, the home, sold to “The Man from U.N.C.L.E” creator Sam Rolfe and wife Hilda Rolfe in 1975— stands for a timeless architectural movement.

From Los Angeles Times

Sales campaigns soared, historian C. L. Arbelbide wrote in Prologue.

From Seattle Times

"I was going through an old chest of Admiral Kelly's papers one afternoon and it was there I spotted this very old passport stamped with the name Sir C L Eastlake and I immediately researched it," said Ms Coe.

From BBC

U.C.L.A’s law school bumped Georgetown out of the “Top 14.”

From New York Times