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slat
1[ slat ]
noun
- a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- Aeronautics. a control surface along the leading edge of a wing that can be extended forward to create a gap slot to improve airflow.
- slats, Slang.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish or make with slats
slat
2[ slat ]
verb (used with object)
- to throw or dash with force.
verb (used without object)
- to flap violently, as sails.
noun
- a slap; a sharp blow.
slat
1/ slæt /
verb
- tr to throw violently; fling carelessly
- intr to flap violently
noun
- a sudden blow
slat
2/ slæt /
noun
- a spent salmon
slat
3/ slæt /
noun
- a narrow thin strip of wood or metal, as used in a Venetian blind, etc
- a movable or fixed auxiliary aerofoil attached to the leading edge of an aircraft wing to increase lift, esp during landing and takeoff
verb
- tr to provide with slats
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Example Sentences
Then she started back for the caves taking the slat of wood with her as a trophy.
Kane peered through the broken slat and with a very grim expression drew back for the others.
Originally determined by the slat of wood which strengthened the wall-plate at the point of its perforation by the trunnels.
I put forth my strength, and a great slat several hundredweight fell into the sea with sullen splash.
A small hole in the slat and a string tied to latch and run through a hole in the door furnished the means of raising the latch.
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