stead, position, place, lieu
(noun) the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; “can you go in my stead?”; “took his place”; “in lieu of”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lieu (uncountable)
place, stead; See in lieu or in lieu of
• euil, liue
Lieu (plural Lieus)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lieu is the 9045th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3612 individuals. Lieu is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (95.1%) individuals.
• euil, liue
Source: Wiktionary
Lieu, n. Etym: [F., OF. also liu, leu, lou, fr. L. locus place. See Local, Locus.]
Definition: Place; room; stead; -- used only in the phrase in lieu of, that is, instead of. The plan of extortion had been adopted in lieu of the scheme of confiscation. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 November 2024
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
