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    slat
    /slat/

    noun

    • 1. a thin, narrow piece of wood, plastic, or metal, especially one of a series which overlap or fit into each other, as in a fence or a Venetian blind: "sunlight filtered dustily through the slats of the door"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSLAT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    A slat is a thin, narrow piece of wood, plastic, or metal used to make floors, furniture, window coverings, etc. Learn more about the word slat, its pronunciation, synonyms, and usage in sentences from the Cambridge Dictionary.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › slatSlat Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    A slat is a thin narrow flat strip of wood, plastic, or metal, or a verb meaning to strike or throw. Learn more about the word history, examples, synonyms, and related terms of slat.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › slatSLAT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Slat definition: 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.. See examples of SLAT used in a sentence.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySLAT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    A slat is a thin, narrow piece of wood, plastic, or metal used to make floors, furniture, window coverings, etc. Learn more about the word slat, see how it is used in sentences and find out how to say it in different languages.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSLAT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    A slat is a narrow strip of wood, metal, or plastic, often used in blinds or doors. It can also be a control surface on an aircraft wing, or a verb meaning to throw or flap violently.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › slatSlat - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    A slat is a strip of wood or other thin material. The blinds that cover your windows are made up of slats. The horizontal slats in Persian or Venetian blinds are often made of plastic, fabric, or metal, and they can be adjusted to let light in or shut it out completely.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › SlatSlat - definition of slat by The Free Dictionary

    1. (Building) a narrow thin strip of wood or metal, as used in a Venetian blind, etc. 2. (Aeronautics) a movable or fixed auxiliary aerofoil attached to the leading edge of an aircraft wing to increase lift, esp during landing and takeoff. vb, slats, slatting or slatted.