Definitions for labret

labret la·bret

Spelling: [ley-bret]
IPA: /ˈleɪ brɛt/

Labret is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 152 anagrams from letters in labret (abelrt).

Definitions for labret

noun

  1. an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.

Origin of labret

1855-60; Latin labr(um) lip + -et

Examples for labret

The labret in the lower lip, or ladle, as he termed it, wore unbearably upon his fine nerves.

His understanding of the custom of wearing the labret, however, differs from that of other early navigators.

The worst adjectives he applied to the labret were "singular" and "curious."

One old woman still retained the labret, but it was only a shadow of the former labrets in size.

The Haidahs formerly wore the nose- and ear-rings, or other ornaments, and the labret in the lower lip.

A “labret” of ivory or even of wood they valued at four or five dollars—or asked so much as that at first.

Cook reported that both sexes wore the labret; but this was doubtless an error.

It is worn for ornament, the same as ear-rings or nose-rings, and is called a labret.

Word Value for labret
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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