louver
Meanings
Plural: louvers
Noun
- one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain
- A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.
- A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc.
- Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation.
Origin / Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lover, from Old French lovier, lover (“skylight”), from Medieval Latin *lōdārium (attested as lōvārium), extension of lōdium, of unclear origin, but probably of Germanic origin and related to Frankish *laubijā (“shelter”).
Scrabble Score: 9
louver is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordlouver is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
louver is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
louver is a valid Words With Friends word