Usually means: Thin strip used in construction.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. lath: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lath: Merriam-Webster
  3. lath: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lath: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lath: Collins English Dictionary
  6. lath: Vocabulary.com
  7. Lath, lath: Wordnik
  8. lath: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. lath: Wiktionary
  10. lath: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. lath: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. lath: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Lath, lath: Dictionary.com
  14. lath: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Lath (disambiguation), Lath (horse), Lath: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Lath: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. lath: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. lath: Rhymezone
  19. Lath: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. lath: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. lath: FreeDictionary.org
  22. lath: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. lath: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. lath: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. lath: Encyclopedia

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Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. LATH: Acronym Finder

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lath: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Woodworking Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Lath: Construction Glossary
  3. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Sandahl, Middle English Sea Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc.
noun:  (geology, petrology) Microscopic, needle-like crystals, usually of plagioclase feldspar, in a glassy groundmass
noun:  (mining) one of the sharp-edged, thick planks driven forward to hold back loose earth or mud when digging the way through for tunnelling or spiling. Also called a spill.
verb:  (transitive) To cover or line with laths.
noun:  Alternative form of lat (“staff; monumental pillar”) [(weaponry, rare) A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind.]

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