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slane

/sleɪn/

slane noun: a one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.

Noun

slane (plural slanes)

  1. (Ireland) A one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.
    • Little McTiernan at the Door is giving out short-handl’d Peat-Cutters styl’d, by the Irish, ‘Slanes’.1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon

Proper noun capitalized: Slane

Slane (plural Slanes)

  1. A town in County Meath, Ireland.
  2. A surname.

Forms of slane

Noun
pluralslanes
alternative formslean
Proper noun
pluralSlanes

Origin of slane

Borrowed from Irish sleán, sleaghán.

Words that rhyme with slane

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Questions about slane

What does slane mean?
Slane means a one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.
What part of speech is slane?
Slane can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce slane?
Slane is pronounced /sleɪn/.
What is the plural of slane?
The plural of slane is slanes.

Words near slane in the dictionary

  1. slanderousness
  2. slanders
  3. slandersome
  4. slandre
  5. slandres
  6. slane
  7. slanes
  8. Slaney
  9. Slaneys
  10. slang
  11. slang-like

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