Definitions for ABEL

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ABEL A·bel

Spelling: [ey-buh l; for 4 also Norwegian Abel is a 4 letter English word.

You can make 39 anagrams from letters in ABEL (abel).

Definitions for ABEL

noun

1. the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
2. Sir Frederick Augustus, 1827–1902, English chemist: inventor of cordite.
3. I. W. 1908–87, U.S. labor leader: president of the United Steelworkers of America 1965–77.
4. Niels Henrik [neels hen-rik] /nils ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1802–29, Norwegian mathematician.
5. a male given name.

Examples for ABEL

Armstrong told Patch creative director Abel Lenz during a now infamous all-staff meeting and conference call earlier this month.

It was, all felt, a good thing to have a Mr. Abel in Georgetown.

Abel Calvin was in to see if you wanted to buy some beach plums for puttin' up.

He was, understandably, in a sour mood as Patch creative director Abel Lenz began taking photos of him.

On kin of Cain was the killing avenged by sovran God for slaughtered Abel.

Nine years later he joined Abel on one of the Red Wing forward lines.

A dream of a dress that would be, with all the shades of Madame Abel cunningly blended.

O Abel, was that the something you told me about on the mountain?

Thus, like Michael Corleone, Abel is a man living with a paternal figure looming over his life.

I am accountable for the way I handled the situation, and at a human level it was unfair to Abel.