Dictionary Entry
local
local is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space; restricted to one place or region; as, a local custom. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 10 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space; restricted to one place or region; as, a local custom.
- 2noun
A train which receives and deposits passengers or freight along the line of the road; a train for the accommodation of a certain district.
- 3noun
On newspaper cant, an item of news relating to the place where the paper is published.
- 4noun
public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops
"the local seemed to take forever to get to New York"
- 5noun
anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body
- 6adjective
relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
"local taxes"
"local authorities"
- 7adjective
affecting only a restricted part or area of the body
"local anesthesia"
- 8adjective
of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood
"local customs"
"local schools"
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