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Synonyms for lath
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : lath, lahth |
| Phonetic Transcription : læθ, lɑθ |
Top 10 synonyms for lath Other synonyms for the word lath
- assemble
- axle
- back
- bail
- balk
- bolster
- boom
- border
- brace
- cantilever
- column
- constitute
- crossbar
- crosspiece
- encase
- fashion
- forge
- form
- institute
- invent
- jamb
- lath
- lintel
- make
- manufacture
- mat
- model
- mount
- pile
- plank
- pole
- post
- produce
- prop
- put together
- rafter
- raise
- reach
- scaffolding
- scantling
- set up
- shaft
- shingle
- sill
- slat
- spar
- stanchion
- stay
- stringer
- strip
- strut
- stud
- timber
- transverse
- trestle
- two-by-four
Définition of lath
Origin :- late 13c., probably from Old English *læððe, variant of lætt "lath," apparently from a Proto-Germanic *laþþo (cf. Old Saxon, Old Norse latta, Middle Dutch, German latte "lath," Dutch lat, Middle High German lade "plank," which is source of German Laden "counter," hence, "shop"). As a verb, 1530s, from the noun.
- As in beam : noun length of material used as support
- As in board : noun piece of wood
- As in rafter : noun beam
- As in frame : verb build
- The propeller has four blades which are but little wider than a lath.
- Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
- She was tall and slender as a lath, very compliant and demure.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Don't you feel ashamed of keeping as thin as a lath when we are so fat; we who are only women?
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- He's a reg'lar little ripper, sir, and as straight as a lath.
- Extract from : « The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 » by Various
- By pulling the string he could spring the lath, and then let it snap back to its place.
- Extract from : « The Teacher » by Jacob Abbott
- There was no lath and plaster; the walls were made of matched boards.
- Extract from : « The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 » by Various
- It looked like a lath from a distance, so they got the name of "lathers" from this.
- Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
- Evidently the point had embedded in a lath, for the knife did not move.
- Extract from : « Jack O' Judgment » by Edgar Wallace
- With these words Yussuf drew his sword, and exhibited a lath of palm-wood.
- Extract from : « The Pacha of Many Tales » by Frederick Marryat
- I am puzzled, as aforesaid, between its likeness to a ball, and a lath.
- Extract from : « Love's Meinie » by John Ruskin
Antonyms for lath
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