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Latte — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • batten noun A long, narrow strip of wood or metal used to strengthen, fasten, or hold something in place, especially in construction or on a ship.
  • boner noun An embarrassing mistake or blunder.
  • fillet noun A boneless strip or piece of meat or fish.
  • lath 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.
  • pale adjective Light in colour, or lacking the usual colour, especially in the face.
  • picket noun A person or group standing outside a workplace during a strike to protest and discourage others from entering.
  • rod noun A straight, thin bar, stick, or pole made of wood, metal, or similar material.
  • scantling noun The set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used to build ships or aircraft.
  • wood noun The hard fibrous material that makes up the trunk and branches of a tree, used for building, fuel, and countless other purposes.

Senses

Latte is used for these senses in English:

  • batten (carpentry, construction) A plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, to provide a fixing point, to strengthen, or to prevent warping.
  • batten (nautical) A long, narrow strip, originally of wood but now also of fibreglass, metal, etc., used for various purposes aboard a ship; especially one attached to a mast or spar for protection, one holding down the edge of a tarpaulin covering a hatch to prevent water from entering the hatch, one inserted in a pocket sewn on a sail to keep it flat, or one from which a hammock is suspended.
  • boner (coarse, slang) An erect penis. [from mid-20th c.]
  • crossbar (sports) The top of the goal structure.
  • fillet (woodworking) Any scantling smaller than a batten.
  • hard-on (slang, vulgar) An erection of the penis.
  • lath 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.
  • pale A wooden stake; a picket.

batten — full definition

  1. noun A long, narrow strip of wood or metal used to strengthen, fasten, or hold something in place, especially in construction or on a ship.
  2. verb To fasten or secure something firmly, typically with battens — especially in the phrase "batten down."
  3. verb Followed by "on": to grow fat or prosper, often at someone else's expense.

boner — full definition

  1. noun An embarrassing mistake or blunder.
  2. noun Vulgar slang for an erect penis.

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