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   louvre

   /ˈluːvə/

   noun

   • 1. each of a set of angled slats fixed or hung at regular intervals in a door, shutter, or screen to allow air or light to pass through: "murky light filters through the vertical louvres of the window blinds"
   • 2. (in a medieval house) a structure in a roof incorporating openings for the passage of smoke.

   Word Origin Middle English (in louvre (sense 2)): from Old French lover, lovier ‘skylight’, probably of Germanic origin and related to lodge.

   Derivatives

   • 1. louvred adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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   • O

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   • U

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   • V

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   • R

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   • E

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