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Slat   /slæt/   Listen
Slat

noun
1.
A thin strip (wood or metal).  Synonym: spline.






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"Slat" Quotes from Famous Books



... won't you do me a favor?" she asked. "But of course you will. I was trying to tie this grapevine into place when you surprised me, but I could not hold on with one hand and tie with the other. See what I mean?" And placing one slender foot upon a slat of the trellis she lifted herself up until she could barely reach the refractory branch. "Now," she said, smiling down upon me, "please just hold me here for a moment until I secure ...
— My Lady of the North • Randall Parrish

... Other growers collect them in open sheds shaded from sun and rain, and still others put them into barns or shallow cellars under buildings, etc. The melons are very durable and seem disposed to keep in any old way. The melons are shipped in large packing cases with slat sides, or in the smaller slat crates that are used for summer cantaloupes. No packing is used, generally. If it seemed necessary, a little clean ...
— One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered • E.J. Wickson



Words linked to "Slat" :   furnish, lag, strip, close, Venetian blind, supply, louver, lath, louvre, stave, fin, render, shut, provide, splat



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