Laterals - English meaning
Laterals – definitions in English dictionary
nounA side part of something, especially a shoot or branch growing out from the side of a stem.
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Cut back all the laterals to within two buds of the main stemnounA lateral consonant.
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Obstruent laterals, which are mainly found in indigenous languages of north america, are sometimes …nounA pass thrown either sideways or back.
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After taking a lateral from white, butler scored and jumped head-first into the front row of the en…
adjectiveOf, at, towards, or from the side or sides.
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The plant takes up water through its lateral roots
adjectiveInvolving lateral thinking.
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He's very creative in a lateral way
adjective(of a consonant, especially the english clear l) pronounced with partial closure of the air passage by the tongue, which is so placed as to allow the breath to flow on one or both sides of the point of contact.
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The /l/ at the end of ‘bell’ is still phonetically a lateral consonant for me, pronounced with the …
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Word origin
late Middle English: from Latin lateralis, from latus, later- ‘side’.
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