All lath synonyms
lath
L l verb lath
- build β If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
- fabricate β to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- mold β loose, friable earth, especially when rich in organic matter and favorable to the growth of plants.
- construct β to draw (a line, angle, or figure) so that certain requirements are satisfied
- manufacture β the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- fashion β a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- raise β to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- form β external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- institute β to set up; establish; organize: to institute a government.
- mount β to go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.
- back β If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
- produce β to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- constitute β If something constitutes a particular thing, it can be regarded as being that thing.
- assemble β When people assemble or when someone assembles them, they come together in a group, usually for a particular purpose such as a meeting.
- invent β to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance: to invent the telegraph.
- forge β to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
- model β a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
- border β The border between two countries or regions is the dividing line between them. Sometimes the border also refers to the land close to this line.
- make β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- mat β a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- shingle β small, waterworn stones or pebbles such as lie in loose sheets or beds on a beach.
noun lath
- sill β Mount, a mountain in E central California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. 14,153 feet (4314 meters).
- panel β a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- girder β a large beam, as of steel, reinforced concrete, or timber, for supporting masonry, joists, purlins, etc.
- scaffolding β a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
- joist β any of a number of small, parallel beams of timber, steel, reinforced concrete, etc., for supporting floors, ceilings, or the like.
- shaft β a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
- pillar β an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument: Gothic pillars; a pillar to commemorate Columbus.
- pole β Reginald, 1500β58, English cardinal and last Roman Catholic archbishop of Canterbury.
- plank β a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board.
- timber β the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- piling β a cylindrical or flat member of wood, steel, concrete, etc., often tapered or pointed at the lower end, hammered vertically into soil to form part of a foundation or retaining wall.
- crosspiece β a transverse beam, joist, etc
- lintel β a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- crossbar β A crossbar is a horizontal piece of wood attached to two upright pieces, for example a part of the goal in football.
- stringer β a person or thing that strings.
- cantilever β A cantilever is a long piece of metal or wood used in a structure such as a bridge. One end is fastened to something and the other end is used to support part of the structure.
- two-by-four β two units thick and four units wide, especially in inches.
- scantling β a timber of relatively slight width and thickness, as a stud or rafter in a house frame.
- slat β a slap; a sharp blow.
- strip β to cut, tear, or form into strips.
- bail β Bail is a sum of money that an arrested person or someone else puts forward as a guarantee that the arrested person will attend their trial in a law court. If the arrested person does not attend it, the money will be lost.
- bolster β If you bolster something such as someone's confidence or courage, you increase it.
- stanchion β an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
- prop β to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed by up): to prop an old fence; to prop up an unpopular government.
- trestle β a frame typically composed of a horizontal bar or beam rigidly joined or fitted at each end to the top of a transverse A-frame, used as a barrier, a transverse support for planking, etc.; horse.
- pile β the lower of two dies for coining by hand.
- boom β If there is a boom in the economy, there is an increase in economic activity, for example in the amount of things that are being bought and sold.
- stud β a studhorse or stallion.
- spar β (during World War II) a woman enlisted in the women's reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard (disbanded in 1946).