Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: lateral
IPA transcription: [l'ætɚəl]
Pronunciations of lateral
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: lateral_pass, lateral
    Meaning: a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer
Usage examples
  • Directly the flower is over it throws up rods of young growth eighteen to twenty feet long; as they mature they arch over, and next year their many short lateral shoots will be smothered with bloom.
  • The main lateral moraines that bound the view below the canyon are from a hundred to nearly two hundred feet high and wonderfully regular, like artificial embankments covered with a magnificent growth of silver fir and pine. But this garden and forest luxuriance is speedily left behind, and patches of bryanthus, cassiope and arctic willows begin to appear.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cleavage (breasts), License CC BY-SA 4.0