Slat

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  • noun. A narrow strip of metal or wood, as in a Venetian blind.
  • noun. A movable auxiliary airfoil running along the leading edge of the wing of an airplane.
  • noun. The ribs.
  • transitive verb. To provide or make with slats.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Same as slate.
  • An abbreviation of south latitude.
  • noun. A sudden flap or slap; a sharp blow or stroke.
  • noun. A spot; stain.
  • noun. A spent salmon, or one that has spawned.
  • noun. A green sheepskin, with the wool removed, which has been dried in the sun.
  • noun. A thin flat stone, or piece of stone, especially a piece of slate; a slate; a stone tile. See slate.
  • noun. A thin slab or veneer of stone sometimes used to face rougher stonework or brickwork.
  • noun. A long narrow strip or slip of wood.
  • noun. In carriage-building, one of the thin strips of wood or iron used to form the ribs of the top or canopy of a buggy, carryall, or rockaway, or to form the bottom of a wagonbody.
  • noun. One of the radial strips used in forming the bottom of a wicker basket.
  • noun. plural Dark-blue ooze, rather hard, left dry by the ebb of the sea.
  • Made of slats.
  • To split; crack.
  • To throw or cast down violently or carelessly; jerk.
  • To strike; knock; beat; bang.
  • To flap violently, as the sails when blown adrift in a violent wind, or when in a calm the motion of the ship strikes them against the masts and rigging.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.
  • transitive verb. To split; to crack.
  • transitive verb. To set on; to incite. See 3d Slate.
  • noun. A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal.
  • noun. A moveable control surface at the leading edge of a wing that when moved, changes the chord line of the airfoil, affecting the angle of attack. Employed in conjunction with flaps to allow for a lower stall speed in the landing attitude, facilitating slow flight.
  • verb. To construct or provide with slats.
  • verb. To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.
  • verb. To split; to crack.
  • verb. To set on; to incite.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. close the slats of (windows)
  • verb. equip or bar with slats
  • noun. a thin strip (wood or metal)
  • Word Usage
    "At the side of the slat were the total inches of height, laid off in halves, quarters, eighths, and so on, and to the right a length measurement for the arm."
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    close  furnish  provide  render  shut  
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    At  Batt  Bhatt  Cat  Catt  
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    slate  slatted  slatting  
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    slats  slatted  slatting