slat

slat  (slt)

n.

1. A narrow strip of metal or wood, as in a Venetian blind.

2. A movable auxiliary airfoil running along the leading edge of the wing of an airplane.

3. slats Slang The ribs.

tr.v. slat·ted, slat·ting, slats

To provide or make with slats: slatting the back of a chair.

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[Middle English sclat, from Old French esclat, splinter, probably of Germanic origin.]

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slat¹

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a narrow thin strip of wood or metal, as used in a Venetian blind, etc.

2. (Engineering / 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, slatted

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) (tr) to provide with slats

[from Old French esclat splinter, from esclater to shatter]

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slat² Dialect

vb slats, slatting, slatted

1. (tr) to throw violently; fling carelessly

2. (intr) to flap violently

n

a sudden blow

[of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse, Icelandic sletta to slap]

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slat³

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Irish a spent salmon

[of uncertain origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	slat - a thin strip (wood or metal)         spline lath - a narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework louver, louvre, fin - one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain splat - a slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair stave, lag - one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket strip - thin piece of wood or metal Venetian blind - a window blind made of horizontal strips that overlap when closed
Verb	1.	slat - equip or bar with slats; "Slat the windows" furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
	2.	slat - close the slats of (windows) close, shut - move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window"

Translations

slat [slæt] N

1. (wooden) → tablilla f, listón m

2. [of blind] → lama f

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slat [ˈslæt] n [wood] → latte f

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slat

n → Leiste f; (wooden also) → Latte f; (in grid etc) → Stab m

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slat [slæt] n (of wood) → stecca; (of plastic) → lamina

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slat [slæt] n (of wood) → stecca; (of plastic) → lamina

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slat

n slat [slӕt]

a thin strip of wood, metal etc. lat شَريحَةٌ من الخَشَب أو المَعْدَن летва lišta, lamela liste die Leiste λωρίδα, πηχάκι tablilla, listón liist(ak) باريكه چوب säle, liuska lame(lle) פַּס דַק लकड़ी की पट्टी tanka (drvena ili kovinska) letvica, rebrenica léc kepingan tipis renningur, ræma assicella, stecca 板 얇은 널빤지 malksna, lentelė, lota līstīte; latiņa kepingan nipis lat sprinkel, sprosse listwa ripa şipcă, stinghie планка, перекладина lišta, lamela letvica tanka traka drveta spjäla, lamell แผ่นบานเกล็ดหน้าต่างหรือประตู çıta, tiriz 細長條 поперечка, планка پتلی لمبی پٹی کی دھات thanh, mỏng (木)、金属）条板

adj slatted

having, or made with, slats a slatted door. latagtig ذو شَرائِح من الخَشَب أو المَعْدَن направен от летви žaluziový tremmet; tremme- Leisten-... που διαθέτει ή είναι φτιαγμένος από γρίλιες a tablas liistudest tehtud كركره اي säleistä tehty à lames עֲשוּי מִפָּסִים पट्टीदार koji sadrži ili koji je od letvica, daščica lécezett terbuat dari kepingan sem er með renningum, ræmum a stecche/assicelle 板製の 널빤지로 된 iš lentelių līstīšu-; latiņu- diperbuat daripada kepingan met latten sprinkel-, med sprosser kryty listwami com/de ripas din şipci планчатый, щелевой latkový, lištový letven trakast spjäl- ใส่แผ่นบานเกล็ด çıtalı 長條(製)的 такий, що зроблений з планок, поперечок پٹیوں سے بنا được đập mạnh 板条做的