LATHS

Definition: LATHS

LATHS

Plural

1. Of Lath

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "LATHS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1719. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Mining	A. Corn. The boards or lagging put behind a frame of timber b. Corn. Pieces of timber about 4 ft 6 in by 6 in by 2 in (1.4 m by 15 cm by 5 cm) with end sharpened or beveled to give the lath an upward trend when being driven into the roof gravels. A number of laths driven into the roof form a protective shield for the miners working in the face. Alsocalled lagging J., 1. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: LATHS

Synonyms: Plaster laths, Wall laths. (additional references)

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Couple looking at unfinished house, with wall laths out front.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Suddenly he arose, he noticed towards the top, near the ceiling, a triangular hole, where three laths left a space between them.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	4.00 Laths.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"LATHS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "LATHS" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (plural)	100%	20	78,262

Expression using "LATHS": bundle of laths. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "LATHS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		laegtebundt (bundle of laths), enkelte plader af ferrit,der udgaar fra korngraenseferriten og vokser ind i perlitten (occasional ferrite laths penetrating from the grain boundary ferrite into the pearlite). (various references)

Dutch		lattenbundel (bundle of laths), enkele ferrietbanen die vanuit het korrelgrensferriet in het perliet penetreren (occasional ferrite laths penetrating from the grain boundary ferrite into the pearlite). (various references)

Finnish		rimanippu (bundle of laths). (various references)

French		quelques plaquettes de ferrite qui pénètrent, � partir de la ferrite située aux joints des grains, � l'intérieur de la perlite (occasional ferrite laths penetrating from the grain boundary ferrite into the pearlite), botte de lattes (bundle of laths). (various references)

German		Latten. (various references)

Greek		απομονωμένες πλακοειδείς βελόνες φερρίτη που αρχίζουν από τον φερρίτη των διαχωριστικών επιφανειών,διεισδύουν στο εσωτερικό του περλίτη (occasional ferrite laths penetrating from the grain boundary ferrite into the pearlite), Α.Αλεξάκης,ΕΛΕΜΜΕ,Κέρκυρα (bundle of laths). (various references)

Italian		placchette isolate di ferrite che penetrano nella perlite partendo dalla ferrite del bordo dei grani (occasional ferrite laths penetrating from the grain boundary ferrite into the pearlite), mazzo di listelli (bundle of laths). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		木舞 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		�"まい (old rice). (various references)

Pig Latin		athslay

Portuguese		feixe de ripas (bundle of laths). (various references)

Spanish		algunas plaquetas de ferrita que, a partir de la ferrita situada en los bordes de los granos, penetran en el interior de la perlita (occasional ferrite laths penetrating from the grain boundary ferrite into the pearlite). (various references)

Swedish		ribbunt (bundle of laths). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"LATHS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aldhs, Caths, lahh, Lahti, lakhs, Latasi, Latha, lathi, lathis, latis, lats, latsi, latts, latus, leghs, leth, lethes, lith, lithes, lithos, liths, loaths, luth, raths. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: halts, shalt.
	Words within the letters "a-h-l-s-t"
	-1 letter: alts, halt, hast, hats, lash, last, lath, lats, salt, shat, slat.
	-2 letters: als, alt, ash, has, hat, las, lat, sal, sat, sha, tas.
	-3 letters: ah, al, as, at, ha, la, sh, ta.
	Words containing the letters "a-h-l-s-t"
	+1 letter: halest, haslet, lathes, lathis, latish, lotahs, shelta, slatch, tahsil.
	+2 letters: alights, altheas, asphalt, chalets, chitals, daleths, ghastly, halites, halitus, halters, hamlets, hantles, harlots, harslet, hartals, haslets, hastily, hatfuls, hatless, hatsful, healths, heliast, klatsch, latches, lathers, lethals, lithias, loathes, malthas, saltish, satchel, shallot, sheltas, shmaltz, slather, spathal, stealth, tahsils, tallish, thalers, thallus, thralls, thulias, wealths.
	+3 letters: alcahest, alkahest, althaeas, althorns, anethols, anthills, ashplant, asphalts, athletes, bathless, blathers, calathos, calathus, chaplets, chastely, chattels, chelates, chiliast, cholates, claughts, enthrals, eschalot, ethanols, ethicals, fishtail, flatfish, flattish, flatwash, gaslight, ghastful, halakist, halberts, halibuts, halteres, haltless, handlist, haplites, haplonts, harslets, hasteful, hatchels, haylofts, heatless, heeltaps, heliasts, hellcats, holdfast, hospital, hyalites, inthrals, klatches, latchets, lathiest, lathings, leathers, loathers, naphtols, nathless, outhauls, pathless, phallist, ratholes, saltbush, satchels, schmaltz, shaliest, shallots, shetland, shmaltzy, shoalest, shoptalk, slatches, slathers, stablish, stanchly, stealths, stealthy, sulphate, talliths, tallyhos, tapholes, thalamus, thallous, thawless, thermals, thiazols, trachles, trashily, trehalas, woolhats.
	+4 letters: acroliths, aeroliths, ailanthus, alcahests, alchemist, alkahests, allopaths, alphabets, anetholes, apholates, ashplants, asphalted, asphaltic, asphaltum, athelings, athletics, biathlons, boltheads, cachalots, calthrops, catchalls, catechols, catholics, chalkiest, chelators, chevalets, chiliasts, chlorates, daylights, deathless, elephants, enthralls, eschalots, establish, ethylates, exhalants, exhalents, faithfuls, faithless, fanlights, fishplate, fishtails, flashiest, flashtube, flatheads, gaslights, ghastlier, giltheads, golgothas, hackliest, hailstone, hailstorm, hairstyle, halakists, halations, halftimes, halftones, halitoses, halitosis, halituses, handlists, haulmiest, haustella, hazelnuts, headstall, heartless, heathless, heliostat, helotages, helpmates, herbalist, hightails, holdfasts, holocaust, horntails, horsetail, hospitals, hypoblast, inhalants, inthralls, isohyetal, isophotal, klatsches, lanthorns, latchkeys, latherers, lathworks, lathyrism, laughters, lavishest, leachates, leachiest, lightfast, litharges, lithemias, lithiases, lithiasis, loathings, loathness, loathsome, lotharios, mahlstick, matchless, megaliths, methanols, methylals, methylase, mothballs, naphthols, naphthyls, natheless, onslaught, outlaughs, pamphlets, phallists, philistia, phthalins, planchets, plashiest, platyfish, plethoras, polymaths, potlaches, sackcloth, safelight, sailcloth, schmaltzy, scholiast, shavetail, shetlands, shiftable, shirttail, shmaltzes, shoaliest, shoptalks, shortfall, shtetlach, slathered, slaughter, southland, stalworth, starchily, starlight, statolith, staunchly, steelhead, sublethal, sulphated, sulphates, tallithes, telepaths, telophase, thalassic, thalliums, thalluses, thankless, thesaural, thiazoles, thinclads, thirlages, thraldoms, toolheads, trauchles, trehalose, trochleas, turnhalls, unlatches, washcloth, whiptails.
	+5 letters: adulthoods, alchemists, algorithms, alkahestic, allethrins, anthelices, anthelions, anthelixes, archivolts, asphalting, asphaltite, asphaltums, ayatollahs, backcloths, backlights, batholiths, battleship, betrothals, biathletes, blacksmith, blatherers, bloodbaths, branchlets, breathless, caliphates, cartwheels, catchflies, catchpoles, catchpolls, cathedrals, catholicos, chairlifts, charlatans, charlottes, chatelains, chelations, chiliastic, chloasmata, chocolates, clathrates, deadlights, deathblows, decathlons, disenthral, earthliest, earthlings, eightballs, enthalpies, facecloths, fatherless, fathomless, fishplates, fishtailed, flashlight, flashtubes, flatfishes, flatwashes, flowcharts, gastrolith, ghastfully, ghastliest, goalmouths, hailstones, hailstorms, haircloths, hairstyles, halogetons, halophytes, halothanes, haplotypes, harlotries, hatchlings, haustellum, haustorial, headlights, headstalls, healthiest, heartlands, heathlands, heliostats, herbalists, hesitantly, hilarities, historical, holocausts, horsetails, hospitable, hospitably, houseplant, humiliates, hypoblasts, hysterical, inhalators, isothermal, jacklights, labyrinths, laccoliths, lamplights, lanthanums, larghettos, lathyrisms, legateship, lengthways, lethargies, leviathans, lightfaces, logarithms, lunchmeats, lymphatics, mahlsticks, malachites, malathions, matchlocks, mesothelia, metalsmith, methylases, methylates, multiflash, multiphase, nightfalls, northlands, ochlocrats, onslaughts, orchestral, orthoclase, outlandish, patchoulis, phantasmal, phenolates, photoflash, photoplays, phthisical, playthings, polyanthas, polyanthus, postlaunch, potlatches, prothallus, sackcloths, safelights, sailcloths, saltbushes, saltshaker, satchelful, scatheless, scathingly, schmaltzes, scholastic, scholiasts, schoolmate, scratchily, semilethal, shallowest, shapeliest, shavetails, sheathbill, shirttails, shmaltzier, shortfalls, shrievalty, slathering, slaughters, smallmouth, southlands, spathulate, sphalerite, splashiest, stablished, stablishes, stalworths, starlights, statoliths, stealthier, stealthily, steelheads, straightly, stringhalt, sulphating, switchable, tabboulehs, taillights, talkathons, technicals, telegraphs, telophases, theistical, thimerosal, thralldoms, threadless, thumbnails, thylacines, thylakoids, tracheoles, trailheads, trehaloses, triathlons, trihedrals, trochlears, ultraheats, ultrasharp, ultrashort, unchastely, walkathons, washcloths, watchables, wealthiest, whaleboats, whitetails, whitewalls.
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