Definitions for slathers

slathers slath·er

Spelling: [slath -er]
IPA: /ˈslæð ər/

Slathers is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 409 anagrams from letters in slathers (aehlrsst).

Definitions for slathers

noun

  1. Often, slathers. a generous amount:

Idioms

  1. open slather, Australian. complete freedom.

verb (used with object)

  1. to spread or apply thickly:
  2. to spread something thickly on (usually followed by with):
  3. to spend or use lavishly.

Origin of slathers

1810-20, in sense “to slip, slide”; origin uncertain

Examples for slathers

Fate laid on in broad strokes—in great splashes—in slathers.

The rains have brought mushrooms, slathers of mushrooms, and I joy in gathering them.

And they get slathers of money—most a dollar a day, Ben Rogers says.

He kept very close to himself, but he always seemed to have slathers of money.

They've got slathers of money an' they're sure dippy on each other.

Avoid putting on the adhesive material in "gobs and slathers."

He had slews and slathers of money, as Yankee Bill would say.

Why, he had slathers of money, and Freda was just the girl to grace it.

That was the way things came to Warble; in slathers—in big fat chunks.

Then, he drew together a great heap of crisp shavings and slathers, plentifully besprinkling it with what remained in the can.

Word Value for slathers
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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