MEANING
1. A surface or opening that widens outward at an angle.
2. To spread apart or extend outward at an angle.
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Words that belong together
- window splay
- doorway splay
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The window splay spread light across the wall.
A deep splay widened the narrow doorway.
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Word forms
- Base
- splay
- Past tense
- splayed
- Past participle
- splayed
- Present participle
- splaying
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular splay; plural splays. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: splays.
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