Definitions for latex

latex la·tex

Spelling: [ley-teks]
IPA: /ˈleɪ tɛks/

Latex is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 60 anagrams from letters in latex (aeltx).

Definitions for latex

noun

  1. a milky liquid in certain plants, as milkweeds, euphorbias, poppies, or the plants yielding India rubber, that coagulates on exposure to air.
  2. Chemistry. any emulsion in water of finely divided particles of synthetic rubber or plastic.

Origin of latex

1655-65; New Latin, special use of Latin latex water, juice, liquid

Examples for latex

Last year, Browne's mental asylum included pieces of latex, Joker-like make-up, and medical gloves.

The latex is poured into the dabree, where it naturally coagulates into sheets.

(g) Nature of transport; agitation of the latex to be reduced to a minimum.

Since waist cinchers are made from latex, they also make you sweat…a lot.

From the latex of the opium poppy the opium of commerce is extracted.

Often a touch is sufficient to upset the balance, and latex is lost.

Stacks of clean brown boxes surrounding him hold bleach, latex gloves, and masks—weapons against Ebola.

From earcuffs to arm parties, hippie-prep to latex, six things you may actually see next Spring.

Rubber of various qualities is now made from the latex of the Jelutong tree.

One option is the vacuum bed or “vacbed,” a platform topped with a latex sheet.

Word Value for latex
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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