noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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CMU ARPABET:Y UW2 AA2 R EH1 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:UH1 R L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
Initialism of Uniform Resource Locator: the address of a web page, FTP site, audio stream or other Internet resource.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Examples
https://en.wiktionary.org/ is the URL of English Wiktionary.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: IRI, URI
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Meaning 2
Initialism of Uniform Resource Locator: the address of a web page, FTP site, audio stream or other Internet resource.
A domain name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: metonymically
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: IRI, URI
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Meaning 3
Initialism of Uniform Resource Locator: the address of a web page, FTP site, audio stream or other Internet resource.
The username associated with a Tumblr blog and typically included in its URL.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: IRI, URI
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Meaning 4
Initialism of unrestricted line officer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: line officer
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Meaning 5
Initialism of upper reference limit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract