Word Study
slat
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun slat has 1 sense
- slat(n = noun.artifact) spline - a thin strip (wood or metal); Array has particulars: lath, fin, louver, louvre, splat, lag, stave
is a kind of strip
is a part of venetian blind
Derived forms verb slat2, verb slat1
Verb slat has 2 senses
- slat(v = verb.possession) Array - equip or bar with slats; "Slat the windows" is one way to furnish, provide, render, supply
- slat(v = verb.contact) Array - close the slats of (windows); Array is one way to close, shut
Derived form noun slat1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun slat1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
slat, n. [CF. Slot a bar.].
A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal; as, the slats of a window blind. [1913 Webster]
slat, v. t. [OE. slatten; cf. Icel. sletta to slap, to dab.].
- To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently. [1913 Webster]"How did you kill him?
Slat[t] ed his brains out." [1913 Webster] - To split; to crack. Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
- To set on; to incite. See 3d Slate. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
slat, n. a thin narrow piece of wood or plastic or metal, esp. used in an overlapping series as in a fence or Venetian blind.
Etymology
ME s(c)lat f. OF esclat splinter etc. f. esclater split f. Rmc
THESAURUS
slat
Mystik tape, Scotch tape, adhesive tape, band, bandage, bang, batten, beam, belt, billet, board, boarding, bump, burst, bust, cellophane tape, clap, clapboard, clash, cloth tape, coat, coating, collop, cord, cordwood, covering, crack, crash, crump, cut, deal, disk, driftwood, fascia, feuille, fillet, film, firewood, flap, flop, foil, fold, friction tape, girdle, gruel, hardwood, knock, lamella, lamina, laminated glass, laminated wood, lap, lath, lathing, lathwork, leaf, ligula, ligule, list, log, lumber, masking tape, membrane, mere shadow, pane, panel, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, paper, patina, peel, pellicle, plait, plank, planking, plastic tape, plate, plating, ply, plyboard, plywood, pole, post, puncheon, rail, rake, rap, rasher, report, ribband, ribbon, safety glass, scum, shadow, shake, shaving, sheathing, sheathing board, sheet, sheeting, shingle, shred, sideboard, siding, skeleton, skin, slab, slam, slap, slice, slip, smack, softwood, soup, spill, splat, spline, splinter, stave, stick, stick of wood, stovewood, strake, strap, streak, strip, strop, swap, table, tablet, taenia, tap, tape, tape measure, tapeline, three-by-four, thwack, ticker tape, timber, timbering, timberwork, two-by-four, vein, veneer, wafer, weatherboard, whack, wham, whap, whomp, whop, wood
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