slat
Other forms: slats; slatted; slatting
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. Some wooden fences are made of slats as well, and bed frames often have slats that support the mattress placed on top of them. Slat was originally sclat, from the Old French esclat, "split, chip, or piece."
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a thin strip (wood or metal)
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synonyms:
spline
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types:
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lath
a narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework
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fin, louver, louvre
one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain
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splat
a slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair
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lag, stave
one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
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type of:
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strip
thin piece of wood or metal
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equip or bar with slats
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close the slats of (windows)
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Vocabulary lists containing slat
Called many names by different people, a border collie longs for a loving home where he can herd sheep.
When her grandmother Miss Eula leaves Mississippi for the summer, nine-year-old Ruby Lavender misses their adventures, so they write letters to continue sharing their lives.
Through an intricate series of short stories that span time and space, a young boy grieves over the death of his best friend, James, while remembering the happy times they spent together.
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