lar
Americanabbreviation
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lar
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1580–90
Example Sentences
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And both the lar and western hook Gibbon cross forest gaps.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 15, 2020
But so popu- lar have the Klingons become over the decades that theirs is the most widely spoken fictional language in the world, according to Guinness World Records.
From Time • Jul. 21, 2016
Artist Rouault was born in a Paris cel lar during the insurrection of the Com mune of 1871.
From Time Magazine Archive
GM's fall offerings follow a simi lar theme: front-wheel-drive cars with a high-tech look.
From Time Magazine Archive
The word quart is supposed to be pronounced like quart, but with a ^ at the end instead of a t, but is usually pronounced to rhyme with lar\.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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