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slat

[slat] / slæt /


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

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2021

How would I cope if I heard my daughters bawling but was powerless to hold and assure them, and could speak only through the bottom slat of the basement door or through the kids’ walkie-talkies?

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2020

He delivered his trip safety briefings at the escape hatch, a slat of wood that was lighter than a door.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2019

“Because what a barrier does, it’s still the same thing. It’s the 30-foot steel slat, that’s a barrier.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2019

“How’d you learn to do all that?” he asked, handing Pearl another bed slat.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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