"slat" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /slæt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-slat.wav [Southern-England] Forms: slats [plural]
Rhymes: -æt Etymology: Old French esclat. Doublet of slate and éclat. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|esclat}} Old French esclat, {{doublet|en|slate|éclat}} Doublet of slate and éclat Head templates: {{en-noun}} slat (plural slats)
  1. A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic. Translations (thin, narrow strip): летва (letva) [feminine] (Bulgarian), lamel (Dutch), säle (Finnish), palette [feminine] (French), lamelle [feminine] (French), listón [masculine] (Galician), lata [feminine] (Galician), lamela [feminine] (Galician), Leiste [feminine] (German), Streifen [masculine] (German), Lamelle [feminine] (German), redőnyléc (Hungarian), léc (Hungarian), zsalugáterléc (Hungarian), lap (Hungarian), barra [feminine] (Italian), stanga [feminine] (Italian), stecca [feminine] (Italian), porohanga (Maori), пла́нка (plánka) [feminine] (Russian), пласти́нка (plastínka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-slat-en-noun-q~bDoYOV Disambiguation of 'thin, narrow strip': 77 0 0 23
  2. (aviation) 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. Categories (topical): Aviation Translations (aeronautical: moveable control surface at the leading edge of a wing): etureunasolakko (Finnish), solakko (Finnish), dispositif hypersustentateur [masculine] (French), bec à fente commandé [masculine] (French), Vorflügel [masculine] (German), ipersostentatore [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-slat-en-noun-b6AT4GmP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 50 15 0 4 2 9 18 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 3 36 10 1 6 4 14 27 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'aeronautical: moveable control surface at the leading edge of a wing': 1 95 4 0
  3. (skiing, slang) A ski. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Skiing
    Sense id: en-slat-en-noun-rAT6qiFu Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, skiing, sports
  4. A thin piece of stone; a slate.
    Sense id: en-slat-en-noun-fBFE74le
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: slatback, slatless

Verb

IPA: /slæt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-slat.wav [Southern-England] Forms: slats [present, singular, third-person], slatting [participle, present], slatted [participle, past], slatted [past]
Rhymes: -æt Etymology: Old French esclat. Doublet of slate and éclat. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|esclat}} Old French esclat, {{doublet|en|slate|éclat}} Doublet of slate and éclat Head templates: {{en-verb}} slat (third-person singular simple present slats, present participle slatting, simple past and past participle slatted)
  1. To construct or provide with slats. Translations (to construct with slats): tehdä säleikkö (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-slat-en-verb-BqdLDtlo Disambiguation of 'to construct with slats': 86 5 1 8
  2. To slap or strike; to beat, pummel; to hurl or throw down violently.
    Sense id: en-slat-en-verb-omDjKY3L
  3. (British, dialectal) To split; to crack. Tags: British, dialectal
    Sense id: en-slat-en-verb-RLByxU78 Categories (other): British English
  4. To set on; to incite.
    Sense id: en-slat-en-verb-FwDYpYqs

Inflected forms

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        "(aviation) 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."
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          "text": "slats of a window blind",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, page 208",
          "text": "To keep people out, the Nature Conservancy, which owns the cave, has blocked off the entrance with huge iron slats.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic."
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          "narrow",
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          "strip"
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          "bar",
          "bar"
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          "wood",
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          "lath",
          "lath"
        ],
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          "metal",
          "metal"
        ],
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          "plastic",
          "plastic"
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        "en:Aviation"
      ],
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        "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."
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          "aviation"
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          "control surface",
          "control surface"
        ],
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          "extend",
          "extend"
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          "forwards"
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          "downwards",
          "downwards"
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          "leading edge"
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          "wing",
          "wing"
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          "gap",
          "gap"
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          "modify",
          "modify"
        ],
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          "airflow",
          "airflow"
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          "angle of attack",
          "angle of attack"
        ],
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          "stall",
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          "aircraft",
          "aircraft"
        ],
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          "stall speed",
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        "(aviation) 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."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "aeronautics",
        "aerospace",
        "aviation",
        "business",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
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        "English slang",
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        {
          "ref": "2005, Richard V. Shriver, Gold to Refine, page 31",
          "text": "I never got down that hill without losing at least one of my skis! Clarence didn't lose his slats. The straps went over his boots and held them in place. If he fell, he risked breaking a foot or leg, but the slats stayed on.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A ski."
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          "skiing",
          "skiing#Noun"
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        [
          "ski",
          "ski"
        ]
      ],
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        "(skiing, slang) A ski."
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        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "skiing",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A thin piece of stone; a slate."
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          "piece",
          "piece"
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          "stone",
          "stone"
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          "slate",
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/slæt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æt"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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  ],
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "letva",
      "sense": "thin, narrow strip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "летва"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "thin, narrow strip",
      "word": "lamel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "thin, narrow strip",
      "word": "säle"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "thin, narrow strip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "palette"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "thin, narrow strip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lamelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "thin, narrow strip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "listón"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "thin, narrow strip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lata"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "thin, narrow strip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lamela"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thin, narrow strip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Leiste"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thin, narrow strip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Streifen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thin, narrow strip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lamelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thin, narrow strip",
      "word": "redőnyléc"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thin, narrow strip",
      "word": "léc"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thin, narrow strip",
      "word": "zsalugáterléc"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thin, narrow strip",
      "word": "lap"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "thin, narrow strip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barra"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "thin, narrow strip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "thin, narrow strip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stecca"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "thin, narrow strip",
      "word": "porohanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plánka",
      "sense": "thin, narrow strip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пла́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plastínka",
      "sense": "thin, narrow strip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пласти́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "aeronautical: moveable control surface at the leading edge of a wing",
      "word": "etureunasolakko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "aeronautical: moveable control surface at the leading edge of a wing",
      "word": "solakko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "aeronautical: moveable control surface at the leading edge of a wing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dispositif hypersustentateur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "aeronautical: moveable control surface at the leading edge of a wing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bec à fente commandé"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "aeronautical: moveable control surface at the leading edge of a wing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorflügel"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "aeronautical: moveable control surface at the leading edge of a wing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ipersostentatore"
    }
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    "slat"
  ],
  "word": "slat"
}

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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Arabic translations",
    "Requests for review of French translations",
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    "gd:Units of measure"
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        "2": "fro",
        "3": "esclat"
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      "name": "uder"
    },
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To construct or provide with slats."
      ],
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        [
          "construct",
          "construct"
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        [
          "provide",
          "provide"
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        [
          "slat",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To slap or strike; to beat, pummel; to hurl or throw down violently."
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "strike",
          "strike"
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          "beat",
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        [
          "pummel",
          "pummel"
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          "hurl",
          "hurl"
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          "throw down",
          "throw down"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To split; to crack."
      ],
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        [
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          "split"
        ],
        [
          "crack",
          "crack"
        ]
      ],
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        "(British, dialectal) To split; to crack."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To set on; to incite."
      ],
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        [
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          "set on"
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          "incite",
          "incite"
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/slæt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æt"
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-slat.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to construct with slats",
      "word": "tehdä säleikkö"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "slat"
  ],
  "word": "slat"
}

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