Slat

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A narrow strip of metal or wood, as in a Venetian blind.
  • n. A movable auxiliary airfoil running along the leading edge of the wing of an airplane.
  • n. Slang The ribs.
  • v. To provide or make with slats: slatting the back of a chair.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal.
  • n. 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.
  • v. To construct or provide with slats.
  • v. To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.
  • v. To split; to crack.
  • v. To set on; to incite.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal.
  • v. To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.
  • v. To split; to crack.
  • v. To set on; to incite. See 3d Slate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • n. A sudden flap or slap; a sharp blow or stroke.
  • n. A spot; stain.
  • n. A spent salmon, or one that has spawned.
  • Same as slate.
  • To split; crack.
  • n. A thin flat stone, or piece of stone, especially a piece of slate; a slate; a stone tile. See slate.
  • n. A thin slab or veneer of stone sometimes used to face rougher stonework or brickwork.
  • n. A long narrow strip or slip of wood.
  • n. 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.
  • n. One of the radial strips used in forming the bottom of a wicker basket.
  • n. plural Dark-blue ooze, rather hard, left dry by the ebb of the sea.
  • Made of slats.
  • An abbreviation of south latitude.
  • n. A green sheepskin, with the wool removed, which has been dried in the sun.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. close the slats of (windows)
  • v. equip or bar with slats
  • n. a thin strip (wood or metal)
  • Verb Form
    slats    slatted    slatting   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    shut    close    furnish    provide    supply    render   
    Cross Reference
    slat weir    slat awning    slat-weaving machine    slat matting    slat seat    inch    foot    mile   
    Variant
    slatted    slatting    slate   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    split    crack    rod    flap   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    At    Batt    Bhatt    Cat    Catt    Gnat    Gujarat    Kat    Landsat    Mat   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    planking    sliver    girder    plank    floorboard    paneling    shutter    headboard    shaving    scaffolding