lath
pronunciation
How to pronounce lath in British English:
UK [lɑ:θ]
How to pronounce lath in American English:
US [læθ]
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- Noun:
- a narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework
Word Origin
- lath (n.)
- late 13c., probably from Old English *læððe, variant of lætt "lath," apparently from a Proto-Germanic *laþþo (cognates: 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.
Example
- 1. I don 't have no stinking lath !
- 2. Do not know how to buy such a solid wood lath .
- 3. The little boy was as thin as a lath .
- 4. Lath lath eight big secret weight loss is simple really .
- 5. You picked a weird one as lean as a lath , alex .