Definitions for lean-to

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lean-to lean-to

Spelling: [leen-too]

IPA: /ˈlinˌtu/

Lean-To is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 150 anagrams from letters in lean-to (-aelnot).

Definitions for lean-to

noun

1. a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
2. a roof of a single pitch with the higher end abutting a wall or larger building.
3. a structure with such a roof.

Origin of lean-to

1425-75; late Middle English; noun use of verb phrase lean to

Examples for lean-to

How shall we be able to sleep in a lean-to on a night like this.

I guess I'll take my bed up there; that lean-to is awful hot.

With this object in view she went down-stairs and visited the lean-to.

It also had a "lean-to," or low ell, attached to the larger part.

With the best haste he could make he hurried back to the lean-to.

And while these things were going on Arizona and Joe shared the hospitality of the lean-to.

Billy kept to his lean-to, when away from the government house.

Arizona galloped her up to the house and rounded the lean-to in which Joe slept.

She always sat beside him on the original settle against the lean-to.

Hanging down from the top of the cliff, they form a sort of lean-to.