Definitions for alae

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alae a·lae

Spelling: [ey-lee]

IPA: /ˈeɪ li/

Alae is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 22 anagrams from letters in alae (aael).

Definitions for alae

noun

1. plural of ala.
2. a wing.
3. a winglike part, process, or expansion, as of a bone, shell, seed, or stem.
4. either of the two side petals of a flower in the legume family, as the pea.
5. (in an ancient Roman house) a small room, as an alcove, opening into a larger room or courtyard.

Origin of alae

1730-40; Latin āla wing, armpit, shoulder, representing *aks-lā, derivative of same base as axis axle (see axis¹); see axle

Examples for alae

One of the alae (h) at the time of the eruption was used as a wardrobe.

Their lintel beams should be placed high enough to make the height of the alae equal to their width.

When it is from fifty to sixty feet in length, devote one fourth of the length to the alae.

The alae replied: “It is in the leaf of the a-pe plant” (Alocasia macrorrhiza).

From forty to fifty feet, divide the length by three and one half, and give the alae the result.

There was no second story over the alae, the tablinum, or the rooms about the peristyle.

The alae, the 'wings' of the atrium, were two deep recesses in the sides (Fig. 115).

To the right of these alae, the two comrades now directed their steps.

From eighty feet to one hundred feet, the length divided into five parts will produce the right width for the alae.

From sixty to eighty feet, divide the length by four and one half and let the result be the width of the alae.