slat
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4.0
- noun
- /slæt/
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- The fence is constructed with vertical slats that provide privacy and support.
- wooden slats
At least that's why Porsche claims they went with that slat configuration.
- At least that's why Porsche claims they went with that slat configuration.
- President, steel slats are not the metal bars we want you behind.
- And, and So what they'll do is they'll take this basically this plastic material and they also make it with wooden slats as well.
- Show us your slats now, Trump.
- I'll show you guys this after it's like slats.
- I guess that's to add to the profits you're already making from leather, air vents, slats.
Examples
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Each crate is eight by ten, made from wooden slats, and contains a sow and her piglets.
Fiction book (1993) -
She adjusted the position of the slats on the blind to let in more light.
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-Do you see the one... with a broken slat?
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All right, one nail on each side of the slat.
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The only light comes from a horizontal slat.
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One of those slats is broken there.
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Krystin walked a few steps to the right and peered through the slats into one of the rooms.
Fiction book (1992) -
A small twisted hand lifts a slat of the Venetian blinds, revealing the snow-patched street below.
Fiction book (1990) -
Pale gray light leaked between the slats of my Venetian blinds onto Andrew's sleeping form.
Fiction book (1993) -
The shelf is made of wooden slats, allowing air to circulate between the stacked items.
Synonyms
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8.1
A long narrow piece of wood used to support chairs or barrels
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Etymology
Slat is a thin, narrow 'strip' of wood, metal, or other material. Think of a slat as a small 'sliver' that fits with others to make a fence, blind, or bed, which is why we use the word for those narrow pieces.