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Dictionary: slat   (slăt) pronunciation
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.

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


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A thin, narrow strip of wood or metal, as in a window blind.


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a thin strip (wood or metal)
  Synonym: spline


The verb slat has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: equip with slats

Meaning #2: bar with slats

Meaning #3: close the slats of (windows)


Translations: Slat
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tremme, liste, lamel, sprosse
v. tr. - slå, daske

Nederlands (Dutch)
lat

Français (French)
n. - latte, lamelle, (Aviat) bec de sécurité
v. tr. - garnir de lattes, fabriquer avec des lattes

Deutsch (German)
n. - Latte, Leiste
v. - mit Latten versehen, werfen, schlagen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πηχάκι, λεπτή σανίδα, μεταλλικό έλασμα, (οικοδ.) λίθος ή πλάκα επίστρωσης στέγης, (καθομ.) χιονοπέδιλο, (πληθ.) (καθομ.) παϊδια, πλευρές
v. - σκεπάζω/κατασκευάζω με πηχάκια

Italiano (Italian)
stecca

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ripa (f), tabuinha (f), fasquia (f)
v. - ripar, prover de tabuinhas, panejar (Náut.)

Русский (Russian)
планка, перекладина, филенка, внезапный порыв ветра, делать что-л. из планок, приделывать рейку, покрывать крышу шифером, хлопать, трепыхаться (о парусе), швырять, ударять

Español (Spanish)
n. - listón, tablilla
v. tr. - hacer algo con tablillas o listones

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - spjäla, lamell, tvärpinne, tvärslå, latta
v. - slå, smälla, smälla hårt mot

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
板条, 梯级横木, 百叶板, 横木, 给...装板条, 用板条做

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 板條, 梯級橫木, 百葉板, 橫木
v. tr. - 給...裝板條, 用板條做

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 얇고 좁은 널 조각, 늑골, 깡마른 남자의 별명
v. tr. - ~에 널조각을 달다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 細長い薄板

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شريحه خشبيه أو معدنيه (فعل) يقذف أو يضرب بعنف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פס, לוח עץ דק, פסיס‬
v. tr. - ‮חבט‬


 
 

 

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