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DOL

name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: D AA1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Initialism of Department of Labor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: USDOL

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A township in Lop, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

Synonym of Dol-de-Bretagne, France.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Dol-de-Bretagne, France

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Initialism of days of life.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Initialism of deprivation of liberty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The unit of measurement for pain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Department of Labor, Labor Department, Labor

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: executive department

8

noun

Meaning 8

a unit of pain intensity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pain unit

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Uyghur دول (dol).

Clipping of Latin dolor (“sorrow, pain”). Doublet of dolor.

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 多魯 /多鲁 (Duōlǔ) — township in Lop, Hotan, Xinjiang, China
  • Uyghur: دول (dol) — township in Lop, Hotan, Xinjiang, China