- Types Of Speech
- You can use splay as a noun, adjective satellite or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Splay
- A 1 syllables noun and 5 letters with the letters a, l, p, s, and y, 4 consonants, 1 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter l. Splay starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters s, sp, spl, spla, and the ending characters are y, ay, lay, play, ..
- Definition
- An outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Splay is set as a grade one word that starts with s, ends with y, 1 syllables, 1 vowels and 5 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is splay a scrabble word? A 10 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Splay in Pig Latin is said as "aysplay or aysplway".
- Unigram
- s | p | l | a | y
- Bigram
- sp | pl | la | ay
- Trigram
- spl | pla | lay
- Quadrigram
- spla | play
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger
- Verb Examples
- move out of position;
"dislocate joints";
"the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically" - turn outward;
"These birds can splay out their toes";
"ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees" - spread open or apart;
"He splayed his huge hands over the table"
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- turned outward in an ungainly manner;
"splay knees"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aberrate | diverge or deviate from the straight path produce aberration "The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens" |
| Actinotherapy | (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to radiation from a radioactive substance |
| Addition | the act of adding one thing to another "the addition of flowers created a pleasing effect" "the addition of a leap day every four years" |
| Adjunct | a construction that is part of a sentence but not essential to its meaning and can be omitted without making the sentence ungrammatical |
| Administer | give or apply (medications) |
| Aflare | streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her" "flying banners" "flags waving in the breeze" |
| Aggrandizement | the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something "the aggrandizement of the king" "his elevation to cardinal" |
| Allot | give out or allot "We were assigned new uniforms" |
| Ampliation | |
| Amplification | (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current |
View all cognitive synonyms for Splay
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Splay | an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger |
| Palsy | a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor |
View English words with the unique letters used in splay. Words With The Letters Alpsy
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bevel | a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size |
| Cant | two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees |
| Chamfer | two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psylla (6 letters) | 11 +1 | 13 +2 | psylla | ||
| Splay (5 letters) | 10 | 11 | palsy | ||
| Palsy (5 letters) | 10 | 11 | palsy |
Splay Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With S
- Ends With Y
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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