splat
1Also splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
a batten for covering joints between sheets of wallboard; panel strip.
Origin of splat
1Words Nearby splat
Other definitions for splat (2 of 2)
a sound made by splattering or slapping.
Origin of splat
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How to use splat in a sentence
The largest piece went splat in the driveway of Rob and Cathryn Wilcock in the small, historic town of Winchcombe.
The pristine Winchcombe meteorite suggests that Earth’s water came from asteroids | Lisa Grossman | November 16, 2022 | Science NewsThat revealed splats of cyanobacteria gripping the undersides of leaves and protecting their colonies with goo.
A toxin behind mysterious eagle die-offs may have finally been found | Susan Milius | March 26, 2021 | Science NewsIt would be true even without the fact that Utah, a contender for the playoff late last season until going splat in the Pac-12 title game, finally started playing late Saturday night.
In this unhinged year, the CFP selection committee faces an even more indecipherable task | Chuck Culpepper | November 23, 2020 | Washington PostThis foot is used with the solid splat and the spoon-shaped back with rounded ends to the top.
The Old Furniture Book | N. Hudson MooreThe element of surprise came in through the back window, passed between us and went splat!
Highways in Hiding | George Oliver Smith
He slammed out the door and started across to his quarters, waders going splat-splat in the mud.
The Native Soil | Alan Edward NourseA bullet went ‘splat’ against a rock near at hand, making a frayed blue mark upon the grey stone.
In Kedar's Tents | Henry Seton MerrimanThe splat never ran into the seat, but was supported on a cross rail running from side to side a few inches above the seat.
Furnishing the Home of Good Taste | Lucy Abbot Throop
British Dictionary definitions for splat (1 of 2)
/ (splæt) /
a wet slapping sound
Origin of splat
1British Dictionary definitions for splat (2 of 2)
/ (splæt) /
a wide flat piece of wood, esp one that is the upright central part of a chair back
Origin of splat
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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