/ Dictionary / Index A American Sign Language: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Amer'ican Sign' Lan"guage Pronunciation: [key] a visual-gesture language, having its own semantic and syntactic structure, used by deaf people in the U.S. and English-speaking parts of Canada. Abbr.: ASL Also called Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. American shorthair cat American smoke tree Related Content Daily Word Quiz: deleterious Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language