al-. prefix. (a) All; wholly; completely; as, almighty, almost. (b) To; at; on; -- in OF. shortened to a-. See ad-. (c) The Arabic definite article answering to the English the; as, Alkoran, the Koran or the Book; alchemy, the chemistry.
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Al
n 1: a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in
bauxite [syn: aluminum, aluminium, atomic number 13]
2: a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of
Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American
Civil War [syn: Alabama, Heart of Dixie, Camellia
State]