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fl

1 American  

abbreviation

Sports.
  1. flanker.


Fl 2 American  
Symbol, Chemistry, Physics.
  1. flerovium.


FL 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Florida (approved especially for use with zip code).

  2. foreign language.


fL 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. foot-lambert.


fl. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. flourished.


fl. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in the Netherlands) guilder; guilders.


fl. 7 American  

abbreviation

  1. floor.

  2. florin.

  3. fluid.


Fl. 8 American  

abbreviation

  1. Flanders.

  2. Flemish.


FL 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Flight Lieutenant

  2. Florida

  3. Liechtenstein (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

fl. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. floruit

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symbol

  1. guilder

"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
Fl 3 British  

symbol

  1. flerovium

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Etymology

Origin of fl.5

From the Latin word flōruit

Origin of fl.6

From the Dutch word florin

Example Sentences

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Prices range from $30-$50 for 6 fl. oz., and products are available on NormaLife.com and at Barneys New York.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2019

The labels feature a sinister image of the Flint Water Plant and reads “16 fl. oz. non-potable.”

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2018

I was on the 14th fl. of my apartment building asleep when the quake hit.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2010

Florentine gigliati Venetian zecchino All other gold coins to be taken as bullion at a value of 280 fl. for the Cologne mark of fine gold.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur

Achenes terete or flattish; pappus a single row of capillary rough bristles.—Woolly herbs, with sessile or decurrent leaves, and clustered or corymbed heads; fl. in summer and autumn.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

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