slat
2 synonyms for slat, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A narrow, thin strip or bar made of wood (a lath), metal, or plastic.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
spline
batten
Etymology
This word came from Middle English slatte, sklatte, sklat, sclat, from Old French esclat (“piece broken or split off, shiver, splinter”), from Old French esclater (“to split, burst”), from Frankish *slaitijan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to rend, split”). It is a doublet of slate and éclat.
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