lats

[ lats ]

/ læts /

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plural noun Informal.

latissimus dorsi muscles.

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Origin of lats

By shortening

Words nearby lats

latria, latrine, Latrobe, latrorse, -latry, lats, latte, latten, latter, latter-day, Latter-day Saint

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How to use lats in a sentence

I know,” shouted Max; “lat-poison, like they put down at the tables to kill the lats.
In the Mist of the Mountains|Ethel Turner
The waters of the Northern Atlantic Ocean, to the north of lats.
The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2|Roald Amundsen
I got no use for a young man but what he shows lats of reverence for his mother.
Gray youth|Oliver Onions
Lats, Larner gleaned, were a common farm animal similar to the bovine species on earth, only more wooly.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930|Various

This was especially true in the farming districts, where whole herds of lats had been wiped out.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930|Various

British Dictionary definitions for lats

lats

/ (læts) /

noun plural lati (ˈlætiː)

the standard monetary unit of Latvia, divided into 100 santimi

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