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How to pronounce louver in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms fin, louvre
Type of slat, spline

Examples of louver

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Richards says the repair involves applying an adhesive to refasten the louver to the hood.
From the freep.com
Other nice features of the facade include the modified hip roof and the half-round louver vent.
From the dispatch.com
From the entry, archways with louver doors connect to the living room, den-library and formal dining room.
From the latimes.com
The louver piece will be installed over the screened piece.
From the dailyherald.com
The louver-topped wooden doors let in too much noise.
From the newsobserver.com
The modified hip roof, half-round louver vent and decorative porch railings are other attractive features of the facade.
From the dispatch.com
So, yes, a competent installer may install a louver in the door to the basement if the house was not built tightly.
From the dailyherald.com
Non-wood shutters, on the other hand, only come in white and come in very limited styles and louver and panel sizes.
From the dailyherald.com
Don't tilt a single louver.
From the tennessean.com
More examples
  • One of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain
  • (louvered) supplied with louvers for ventilation; "a louvered door"
  • A louver (American English) or louvre (British English), from the French l'ouvert; "the open one") is a window, blind or shutter with horizontal or, less often, vertical slats, that are angled to admit light and air, but to keep out rain, direct sunshine, and noise. ...
  • A slatted opening in a wall, door or window; Any of a series of narrow openings framed at their longer edges with slanting, overlapping fins or slats, adjustable for admitting light and air while shutting out rain; A fin or slat framing such an opening; A ventilating turret or lantern, as on the ...
  • (Louvers) Slatted devices installed in a gable or soffit (the underside of eaves) to ventilate the space below a roof deck and equalize air temperature and moisture.
  • (Louvers) Vents or slots punched in body panels. The most commonly louvered body panel is the hood, done to increase ventilation.
  • (Louvers) A screen of numerous baffles. (See Baffles).
  • (Louvers) Horizontal slats found on portable ACs or swamp coolers for admitting cool air; if adjustable, they can provide better control of air flow.
  • (Louvers) Horizontal slots cut into the sides of diesel and electric locomotives and certain goods vans to give ventilation.