lee
A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
Noun 4 meanings
A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
The side of the ship away from the wind.
A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind (see also leeside); shelter; protection.
“the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship”
Calm, peace.
Adjective 1 meaning
Facing away from the flow of a fluid, usually air.
“lee side, lee shore, lee helm”
Etymology
From Middle English lee, from Old English hlēo, hlēow (“shelter, protection”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw (whence also Proto-Slavic *xlěvъ), from Proto-Germanic *hlaiwaz (compare German Lee (“lee”), Swedish lä, Danish læ, Norwegian le, Old Norse hlé, Dutch lij), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (compare Welsh clyd (“warm, cozy”), Latin calēre (“to warm up”), Lithuanian šiltas (“warm, pleasant”), Sanskrit शरद् (śarad, “autumn”)).
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LEE at a glance
LEE has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (L 1 + E 1 + E 1) and 4 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,857 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with lee
All rhymes- FLEE7
- GLEE5
- JUBILEE16
- MELEE7
- GALILEE8
- COULEE8
- MALLEE8
- PAROLEE9
- BAILEE8
- ALLEE5
- SLEE4
- ENROLLEE8
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