lean-to

1. 1.

   rough shelter whose roof has only one slope

   Broadershelter

Questions about lean-to

What does lean-to mean?

lean-to means "rough shelter whose roof has only one slope".

How many syllables are in lean-to?

lean-to has 3 syllables: le-an--to. The stress falls on "le".

Is lean-to a common word?

lean-to is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.