Meaning of lean-to | Babel Free
ˈliːnˌtuːDefinitions
A shelter with a sloped roof; also a building with a similar construction attached to the side of a building as an extension.
Equivalents
Examples
“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”
“His shirt, an ordinary Crimean flannel, was exquisitely clean⟳, and outside the "lean-to" another was drying on a bush.”
“Philander went into the next room, which was just a lean-to hitched on to the end⟳ of the shanty, and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like⟳ a rainstorm. Then he put⟳ the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free