The lean-to is far from sturdy, but it will do for storing firewood.
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Lean-to
//ˈliːnˌtuː//
Synonyms for "lean-to" (16 found)
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28 translations across 17 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- afdak noun (type of shelter)
Bulgarian
1 entries- навес noun (type of shelter)
Esperanto
2 entries- sxirmejo noun (type of shelter)
- sxirmkonstruajxo noun (type of shelter)
Faroese
1 entries- hálvtak noun (type of shelter)
Finnish
2 entries- katos noun (type of shelter)
- laavu noun (type of shelter)
Galician
4 entries- alpendre noun (type of shelter)
- cuberto noun (type of shelter)
- pendello noun (type of shelter)
- sobeira noun (type of shelter)
Hungarian
3 entries- fészer noun (type of shelter)
- sufni noun (type of shelter)
- toldaléképület noun (type of shelter)
Icelandic
2 entries- bíslag noun (type of shelter)
- forskyggni noun (type of shelter)
Māori
1 entries- manutahi noun (type of shelter)
Northern Sami
1 entries- goavdi noun (type of shelter)
Norwegian
1 entries- gapahuk noun (type of shelter)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schenn noun (type of shelter)
Polish
1 entries- wiata noun (type of shelter)
Romanian
1 entries- șopron noun (type of shelter)
Swedish
3 entries- bakval noun (type of shelter)
- gapskjul noun (type of shelter)
- vindskydd noun (type of shelter)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chái noun (type of shelter)
Welsh
2 entries- pentis noun (type of shelter)
- penty noun (type of shelter)
Sample sentences
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Every state along the way has its memorable places — an unbelievable view here, a lean-to shelter there, a small town where people take in hikers and cheer them on. Some who attempt the grueling hike imagine long stretches of solitude, but they rarely find them. That's because chatty day hikers pop onto the trail all along the way.
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Now we was in the lean-to, and heard trampings close by outside. So we crept to the door, and Tom stopped us there and put his eye to the crack, but couldn't make out nothing, it was so dark
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His shirt, an ordinary Crimean flannel, was exquisitely clean, and outside the "lean-to" another was drying on a bush.
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