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slat

[slat] / slæt /


NOUN
board
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Antonyms
NOUN
splint
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We love the island vibe and have added some cherrywood slat doors.

From The Wall Street Journal May 26, 2026

They hand-scrub every little slat of the blinds.

From Seattle Times Jun. 23, 2023

He had the slat fence removed and reconfigured it, turning it into supports for paintings.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 29, 2023

When I picked up the birdhouse, a nail slipped out and a roof slat fell off.

From Salon Apr. 13, 2021

It was getting worse for her now, and she believed that she had to touch every separate slat in every separate bench beside the pond.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

People of this community manage their flow by situating themselves over a gap in the slatted floors of their homes, free-bleeding onto the lush forest greenery below.

From National Geographic Nov. 29, 2023

Every few minutes, a migrant’s hand would pop through the slatted fence and dangle a cellphone and coiled charger.

From Los Angeles Times May 17, 2023

As is customary, the story begins with the appearance in Marlowe’s office of a woman, who engages his services as tobacco smoke curls in the moody sun that angles through the slatted blinds.

From New York Times Feb. 14, 2023

Although some weather stations are located at airports, temperature readings are taken from thermometers in a Stevenson screen, which is a white slatted box with its door facing north.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2022

The windows had inside shutters of slatted wood which telescoped into a narrow space on either side.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

The second race petered out in a slatting calm.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week the biggest, most serious maritime strike in U. S. history ran through its second week with all three coasts fretted by waterfront squalls and with peace negotiations slatting dismally in the doldrums.

From Time Magazine Archive

The wind took the Frog backward, but with the sails loose and slatting she moved so slowly that she was effectively still.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen

She and Nat went to the window together and watched the rain slatting down in the weed-grown garden.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

Sitting at the table in the darkness, the moonlight slatting into the cabin through the small windows in bars of pale white, he hated himself more than all the rest.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen




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