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# lath

noun (laths)

«lath» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A lath is a thin, narrow strip of wood, used to make fences, walls, cages and roofs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lath/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories laths are wooden strips used to build cages or fences, and a man carries a bundle of them

### Examples

- The wall was made of laths and plaster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lath/#x1)
- She nailed the laths to the roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lath/#x2)
- The bird cage was fixed with wooden laths. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lath/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; counting laths means counting the pieces one by one.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lath» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lath/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lath» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lath.html) on Mova free.