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Dictionary Definition of slat
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slat noun, verb, slatted, slatting. -- noun 1. a long, thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a venetian blind, etc. 2. Aeronautics an auxiliary aerofoil constituting the forward part of a slotted aerofoil. 3. Colloquial a rib. 4. ( plural ) Colloquial a. bottom; buttocks. b. ribs. -- verb (t) 5. to furnish or make with slats. [ME slatt, var. of sclat, from OF esclat piece broken or split off, akin to escalater burst] |
