lateral

lateral is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree.
2. adjective. Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to mesial.
3. adjective. Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing.
4. noun. a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer
5. adjective. lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body

   "lateral lemniscus"

6. adjective. situated at or extending to the side- Tennyson

   "the lateral branches of a tree"

   "shot out sidelong boughs"

   Synonyms: sidelong

Synonyms

sidelong

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in lateral:

llareta

Common word forms

laterals, lateraled, laterally, lateraling, laterality, lateralize, lateralled

Words from these letters

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