Lean-to Definition

lēnto͝o
lean-tos
adjective
Having or characterized by a single slope or pitch.
A lean-to roof; lean-to construction.
American Heritage
Having or characterized by such construction.
Webster's New World
noun
A roof with a single slope, its upper edge abutting a wall or building.
Webster's New World
A shed with a one-slope roof, the upper end of the rafters resting against an external support, such as trees or the wall of a building.
Webster's New World
A structure, as the wing of a building, whose roof is a lean-to.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Lean-to

Noun

Singular:
lean-to
Plural:
lean-tos

Origin of Lean-to

  • First attested 1461.

    From Wiktionary

Lean-to Sentence Examples

  • The next morning, Rebecca walked over to a lean-to to check for their hikers' logbook.

  • Here there are large summer hotels, old residences built in the prosperous days of whaling, old lean-to houses, old graveyards and an octagonal towered windmill built in 1746.

  • When thus associated, the houses are usually of the lean-to class, which have the FIG.

  • In both this and the lean-to the aspect should be as nearly due south as possible.

  • They are best, nevertheless, when grapes and ornamental plants are grown in the same house, except, indeed, in very wet and cold districts, where, in consequence of its greater warmth, the lean-to is to be preferred.

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Words Starting With

LLELEA

Words Ending With

OTO

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Words Starting With L and Ending With O

Starts With L & Ends With OStarts With LE & Ends With OStarts With L & Ends With TO

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With L7 Letter Words Ending With O