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deli

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. deli
  2. fleur-de-lis
  3. jessant-de-lis
  4. semée-de-lis

deli

noun \ˈde-lē\

: a store where you can buy foods (such as meats, cheese, salads, and sandwiches) that are already cooked or prepared

plural del·is

Full Definition of DELI

:  delicatessen
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Examples of DELI

  1. We bought sandwiches and drinks at the deli.

First Known Use of DELI

circa 1954

Rhymes with DELI

belly, Delhi, felly, jelly, Pelly, shelly, smelly, tele, telly, wellie

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