slat

(Inglês)

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.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/slæt/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

sarrafo

palheta

ripa

lâmina

gilete

🪒

navalha

tábua

Sinônimos

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