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lec·tern
 lectern
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- pronunciation:
- lek
t
 rn
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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a desk or stand with a slanted top to hold books, notes, or the like for a standing speaker or reader, as in a classroom or church.
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adjective + (n.)lectern
brown, heavy, huge, legal, wooden
verb + (n.)lectern
address,
approach,
clutch,
cross,
escape,
face,
festoon,
glue,
grip,
lean,
mount,
plant,
pop,
pound,
read,
settle,
sound,
stand,
step,
stick,
stride
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noun + (n.)lectern
address,
altar,
arm,
attorney,
bench,
bible,
birch,
chair,
configuration,
edge,
elbow,
finger,
foot,
frame,
front,
garden,
general,
gentleman,
glass,
iris,
justice,
leg,
microphone,
minute,
note,
pad,
porter,
professor,
pulpit,
row,
screen,
slide,
speaker,
stage,
step,
stool,
suit,
trunk,
turn,
wall
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The word lectern
contains the following part:
leg2, lect1, lig
Latin
root
that means gather; choose; read
  Example words:
collect, elect, election, eligibility, eligible, illegible, ineligible, lectern, lecture, legend, legible, neglect, select
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