slant

About 1.39 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A slope; an incline, inclination.

   The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level.

2. noun A sloped surface or line.
3. noun A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.
4. noun Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text.
5. noun An oblique movement or course.
6. noun A sloping surface in a culture medium.
7. noun A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes.
8. noun A depression on a palette with a sloping bottom for holding and mixing watercolours.

Similar words

tilt lean tip rake cant weight angle pitch cant over incline

Often followed by

of on to and height in range the is

Word family

slanted slanting slantingly slants slantways slantwise slanty