slat
noun [C] /slæt/Definition
› a thin, narrow piece of wood, plastic, or metal used to make floors, furniture, window coverings, etc.: The base of the bed was made of slats.Poles, rods, shafts and sticks
(Definition of slat noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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