slane

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/sleɪn//slɑːn/

noun

A one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.

OriginIrish sleán →
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Meanings

slane1

nounslane (plural slanes)

plural slanes · alternative slean

  1. IrelandA one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.

    Little McTiernan at the Door is giving out short-handl’d Peat-Cutters styl’d, by the Irish, ‘Slanes’.

    1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon

Slane2

proper nounSlane (plural Slanes)

plural Slanes

  1. A town in County Meath, Ireland.
  2. A surname.

Origin

  1. Irishsleán
  2. Englishslane

Borrowed from Irish sleán, sleaghán.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with slane

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Sounds the same

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

slane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slane

MLA

“slane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slane. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slane,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slane.

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