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Lees vs Leen - What's the difference?

lees | leen |

As nouns the difference between lees and leen

is that lees is (plural only) the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit or lees can be (sailing) while leen is .

lees

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) (m), from .

Noun

(head)
  • (plural only) The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1960
    • , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter X , passage=Kipper drained his glass to the lees and seemed to become calmer.}}

    Synonyms

    * (sediment) (l)

    Related terms

    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)
  • (sailing) English plurals

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    leen

    Not English

    Leen has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'leen':

    lean, lain, loan, lion, loin, lien, lawn, lyn, limn, loon, lin, layn, lown, luan, lauan, lyon, loun, layin