Synonyms for slat
| Grammar : Noun |
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| Phonetic Transcription : slæt |
Top 10 synonyms for slat Other synonyms for the word slat
- aplenty
- bags
- billet
- birch
- bludgeon
- board
- branch
- bundle
- chip
- cudgel
- drumstick
- expanse
- ferrule
- flock
- gob
- heap
- hunk
- ingot
- jillion
- lath
- magnitude
- mass
- mast
- measure
- mess
- mint
- mucho
- number
- oodles
- pack
- panel
- passel
- peck
- pile
- plank
- reed
- rod
- rule
- ruler
- scads
- score
- shoot
- slab
- slat
- slew
- splinter
- staff
- stake
- stalk
- stave
- stem
- strip
- supply
- switch
- timber
- ton
- twig
- volume
- wand
- wedge
- whopper
Définition of slat
Origin :- late 14c., earlier sclat (c.1300), "a roofing slate, a thin, flat stone," from Old French esclat "split piece, chip, splinter" (Modern French éclat), back-formation from esclater "to break, splinter, burst," probably from Frankish *slaitan "to tear, slit" or some other Germanic source (cf. Old High German slizan, Old English slitan; see slit (v.)). Meaning "long, thin, narrow piece of wood or metal" attested from 1764.
- As in stick : noun pole, often wooden
- As in board : noun piece of wood
- As in splint : noun sliver
- As in amount : noun quantity
- Then she stomped round 'n' slat the dish-rag, but 't wa'n't no use.
- Extract from : « The Village Watch-Tower » by (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin
- This shoot is tied to the central wire or slat and is now allowed to fruit.
- Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick
- Then she started back for the caves taking the slat of wood with her as a trophy.
- Extract from : « The Beach of Dreams » by H. De Vere Stacpoole
- Signa asked permission to sleep on the slat lounge outside her door.
- Extract from : « O Pioneers! » by Willa Cather
- He made the handle from the end of a slat on the bed in the room which I occupied that night.
- Extract from : « No Clue » by James Hay
- Leopold and Stumpy had nothing to do but pull them in and "slat" them off as fast as they could.
- Extract from : « The Coming Wave » by Oliver Optic
- One screw is used at each joint of a slat and shelf which calls for 32 screws in all.
- Extract from : « Mission Furniture » by H. H. Windsor
- There was no mistake about it, for Mr. Hector Pellicoes card was nailed to a slat.
- Extract from : « Short Sixes » by H. C. Bunner
- In the Danish, "Slat" means to slop, and it is said, "He slat the water up and down."
- Extract from : « The Danes in Lancashire and Yorkshire » by S. W. Partington
- "I do believe that old crow has a slat loose," reflected the trapper.
- Extract from : « Rayton: A Backwoods Mystery » by Theodore Goodridge Roberts
Antonyms for slat
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