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slat

Pronunciation: /slæt/

The English word “slat” has 11 meanings listed here.

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. 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. To split; to crack.
  6. To set on; to incite.

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.

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