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Webster 1913 Edition


Slat

Slat

,
Noun.
[CF.
Slot
a bar.]
A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal;
as, the
slats
of a window blind
.

Slat

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Slatted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Slatting
.]
[OE.
slatten
; cf. Icel.
sletta
to slap, to dab.]
1.
To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.
[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
How did you kill him?
Slat[t]ed
his brains out.
Marston.
2.
To split; to crack.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
3.
To set on; to incite. See 3d
Slate
.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Slat

SLAT

,
Noun.
[This is doubtless the sloat of the English dictionaries. See Sloat.] A narrow piece of board or timber used to fasten together larger pieces; as the slats of a cart or a chair.

Definition 2024


slat

slat

See also: slät

English

Noun

slat (plural slats)

  1. A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath) or metal.
    slats of a window blind
  2. (aeronautical) A movable 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.

Translations

Verb

slat (third-person singular simple present slats, present participle slatting, simple past and past participle slatted)

  1. To construct or provide with slats.
  2. To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.
    • Marston
      "How did you kill him?" "Slatted his brains out."
  3. (Britain, dialect) To split; to crack.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
  4. To set on; to incite.

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Anagrams


Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish slat, from Proto-Celtic *slattā (stalk, staff). Cognate with Welsh llath.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠl̪ˠat̪ˠ/

Noun

slat f (genitive singular slaite, nominative plural slata)

  1. rod, slender stick
  2. cane, switch
  3. wand
  4. slender bar, rod
  5. rail
  6. sapling, slip, scion
  7. (anatomy) ****
  8. (measurement) yard
  9. (plural) outskirts

Declension

Synonyms

  • (cane): cána
  • (stick): bata, maide
  • (****): bod
  • (yard): cleith

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
slat shlat
after an, tslat
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old English

Verb

slāt

  1. first-person and third-person singular preterite of slītan

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

slat f (genitive singular slait or slaite, plural slatan)

  1. stick, rod, twig, switch, wand
  2. yard (unit of length)
  3. (vulgar, slang, anatomy) ****

Derived terms

See also