slat

Noun

1. A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.
2. A control surface that extends forwards and downwards from the leading edge of a wing, leaving a gap between it and the leading edge, in order to modify the airflow around the wing so as to allow flight at a higher angle of attack without stalling, lowering the aircraft's stall speed.
3. (slang) A ski.
4. A thin piece of stone; a slate.
5. A drop (of rain or water), a splash.

Verb

1. To construct or provide with slats.
2. To slap or strike; to beat, pummel; to hurl or throw down violently.
3. To throw (something, especially water or liquid) down; to slam or splash (something) down.
4. To fall; to beat (against something).
5. (British, dialectal) To split; to crack.
6. To set on; to incite.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/slæt/

Etymology

From Middle English slatte, sklatte, sklat, sclat, from Old French esclat (“piece broken or split off, shiver, splinter”), from Old French esclater (“to split, burst”), from Frankish *slaitijan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to rend, split”). Doublet of slate and éclat.

Synonyms

lath

board

strip

spline

louver

strike

plank

clack

clobber

clout

cudgel

dart

🎯

dash

💨

deal

fin

flap

hit

hurdle

impinge

knock

lag

lamina

larrup

ledge

lobe

lobule

louvre

maul

pale

picket

planks

rap

razor

🪒

rib

ribbon

🎀

rush

scantling

sheet

shroud

slip

sliver

smite

snipping

splint

strap

swat

tablet

thrash

hatten

flat bar

Translations

lat

Latte

picchiare

lamelle

assicella

sarrafo

Stab

tabla

schlagen

perche

llistó

Leiste

lame

listwa

listón