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Word: Lateral
Speech Type: Adjective
late Middle English: from Latin lateralis, from latus, later- ‘side’
ˈlat(ə)rəl
of, at, towards, or from the side or sides
Short Definition:at or towards the side or sides
Examples:- the plant takes up water through its lateral roots
involving lateral thinking
Short Definition:involving lateral thinking
Examples:- he's very creative in a lateral way
(of a consonant, especially the English clear l) pronounced with partial closure of the air passage by the tongue, which is so placed as to allow the breath to flow on one or both sides of the point of contact.
Short Definition:pronounced with partial closure of air passage
Word: Lateral
Speech Type: Noun
ˈlat(ə)rəl
a side part of something, especially a shoot or branch growing out from the side of a stem
Short Definition:side part of something
Examples:- cut back all the laterals to within two buds of the main stem
a lateral consonant.
Short Definition:lateral consonant
a pass thrown either sideways or back.
Short Definition:pass thrown sideways or back
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