English words starting with eld

Meanings of Eld:

noun

Old age.

Usage examples:

Shakespeare's claudio is told ‘thou hast nor youth nor age’; conversely, this actor seems to have o…

Meanings of Elder:

adjective

(of one or more out of a group of associated people) of a greater age.

Usage examples:

My elder daughter

noun

People who are older than one.

Usage examples:

Schoolchildren were no less fascinated than their elders

Meanings of Elder-statesman:

noun

An older person who is respected and asked for advice because of his or her past experience

Usage examples:

He is one of basketball’s elder statesmen.

Meanings of Elderberries:

noun

The bluish-black or red berry of the elder, used for making jelly or wine.

Usage examples:

There were also dried berries, possibly elderberries and blueberries, and a type of root.

Meanings of Elderberry:

noun

The bluish-black or red berry of the elder, used for making jelly or wine.

Usage examples:

There were also dried berries, possibly elderberries and blueberries, and a type of root.

Meanings of Elderflower:

noun

The white flower of the elderberry tree

Usage examples:

Jams and cordials can be scented with elderflower., she adds elderflowers to the gooseberries befor…

Meanings of Elderly:

adjective

(of a person) old or ageing.

Usage examples:

An elderly relative

Meanings of Elders:

noun

People who are older than one.

Usage examples:

Schoolchildren were no less fascinated than their elders

adjective

(of one or more out of a group of associated people) of a greater age.

Usage examples:

My elder daughter

Meanings of Eldest:

adjective

(of one out of a group of related or otherwise associated people) of the greatest age; oldest.

Usage examples:

Swift left the company to his eldest son, charles

Meanings of Eldorado:

proper noun

The name of a fictitious country or city abounding in gold, formerly believed to exist somewhere in the region of the orinoco and amazon rivers.

noun

A place of great abundance.

Usage examples:

The metropolis assumes mythical dimensions and becomes a promised land, an el dorado of boundless r…

Meanings of Eldritch:

adjective

Weird and sinister or ghostly.

Usage examples:

An eldritch screech