la
/dal/
Translation
slab, paving stone, flagstone
Word origin
From Old Norse daela ('gutter, channel'), taken into Norman French by Scandinavian settlers and later applied to any flat stone.
- Origin
- Old Norse
- Root
- daela
Grammar
Examples
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A stone slab closes off the entrance to the cellar.
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The garden paving stones have shifted with the rain.
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He has laid white tiles in the kitchen.
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The slab is too heavy for one man.
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She cracked a paving stone by dropping the pot.
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