lath

Speech parts

1. lath - Noun

2. lath - Verb

Meaning

A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used.

To cover or line with laths.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

batten slat lathwork rod SPAR rafter band list paper post belt slip board frame wood
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Antonyms

base basis whole middle core root
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Hypernyms

slat spline

Phrases with the word

lath-legged rock lath wooden lath plasterer's lath plaster lath wood lath

Derivatives

laths lathed lathing

Anagrams

halt thal

Examples

If thou weren't more a lass than a lad, I'd fell thee this minute, I would; pitiful lath of a crater! Emily Brontë

The Mithraeum represented the cave to which Mithras carried and then killed the bull; and where stone vaulting could not be afforded, the effect would be imitated with lath and plaster. Source: Internet

During his holidays and vacations, Lath used to help his father in his textile shop. Source: Internet

The exterior was insulated with bricks between the exterior's unpainted weatherboards and the interior's lath and plaster walls. Source: Internet

Metal lath and plaster, properly laid, forms a reinforced partition wall. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

latfield Latgale Latgalian lath and plaster lath brick lath nail