slit
verb (used with object)
to cut apart or open along a line; make a long cut, fissure, or opening in.
slitlike
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a word derived from
slit.
Example Sentences
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The NIRSpec has an innovative mask with nearly 250,000 slitlike microshutters, each about the width of a human hair, that operators can open to let light through at specific locations.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 11, 2021
The Clarity FC is a four-door sedan and is the same size as a Honda Accord, but it features more futuristic touches including slitlike headlamps, a sloping roofline and angular taillamps.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2017
Harry could tell that Voldemort had not expected Dumbledore to know this name; he saw Voldemort’s eyes flash red again and the slitlike nostrils flare.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Nor could they note the change from an expression of startled surprise to slitlike, venomous points of fire that took place in the eyes of the listening girl—nor the clenching fists.
From The Gun-Brand by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
The castles consisted of a square keep, or citadel, with walls of immense thickness, having a few slitlike windows in the lower story and somewhat larger ones above.
From The Leading Facts of English History by D. H. (David Henry) Montgomery
