Meaning

1 senses
  1. American Library Association abbreviation for forty-eighth, a book size (7.5-10 cm in height); a book of that height.

More definitions
  • a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood

Examples

2 sentences
  1. She did her A-levels at her school's sixth form, while he did his in evening classes at an FE college.

    deSie hat das Abitur in der Oberstufe ihrer Schule abgelegt, er hingegen in Abendkursen an der Volkshochschule. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. The city of Honolulu in Hawaii, and Santa Fe in New Mexico, topped the list of cities with the cleanest air.

Origin

Abbreviation, from forty-eighth, corresponding to one forty-eighth of a standard uncut she

Abbreviation, from forty-eighth, corresponding to one forty-eighth of a standard uncut sheet of paper.

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Forms

plural: Fes
SingularFe
PluralFes

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Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood:ironatomic number 26

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