slat

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

slat, n. [CF. Slot a bar.].

 A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal; as, the slats of a window blind.  [1913 Webster]

slat, v. t. [OE. slatten; cf. Icel. sletta to slap, to dab.].

•  To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.  [1913 Webster]

  "How did you kill him?
  Slat[t]ed his brains out."  [1913 Webster]
•  To split; to crack.  Halliwell.  [1913 Webster]
•  To set on; to incite. See 3d Slate.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

slat, n. a thin narrow piece of wood or plastic or metal, esp. used in an overlapping series as in a fence or Venetian blind.

Etymology

ME s(c)lat f. OF esclat splinter etc. f. esclater split f. Rmc

THESAURUS

slat

Mystik tape, Scotch tape, adhesive tape, band, bandage, bang, batten, beam, belt, billet, board, boarding, bump, burst, bust, cellophane tape, clap, clapboard, clash, cloth tape, coat, coating, collop, cord, cordwood, covering, crack, crash, crump, cut, deal, disk, driftwood, fascia, feuille, fillet, film, firewood, flap, flop, foil, fold, friction tape, girdle, gruel, hardwood, knock, lamella, lamina, laminated glass, laminated wood, lap, lath, lathing, lathwork, leaf, ligula, ligule, list, log, lumber, masking tape, membrane, mere shadow, pane, panel, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, paper, patina, peel, pellicle, plait, plank, planking, plastic tape, plate, plating, ply, plyboard, plywood, pole, post, puncheon, rail, rake, rap, rasher, report, ribband, ribbon, safety glass, scum, shadow, shake, shaving, sheathing, sheathing board, sheet, sheeting, shingle, shred, sideboard, siding, skeleton, skin, slab, slam, slap, slice, slip, smack, softwood, soup, spill, splat, spline, splinter, stave, stick, stick of wood, stovewood, strake, strap, streak, strip, strop, swap, table, tablet, taenia, tap, tape, tape measure, tapeline, three-by-four, thwack, ticker tape, timber, timbering, timberwork, two-by-four, vein, veneer, wafer, weatherboard, whack, wham, whap, whomp, whop, wood