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splat

The correct spelling is splat.

How to pronounce splat

/splæt/
noun

IPA: /splæt/

Say it like: Spl-at

The correct spelling is splat. The narrow wooden centre piece of a chair back. For example: "I didn't see the egg fall, but I heard the splat when it hit the floor."

Usage Examples

I didn't see the egg fall, but I heard the splat when it hit the floor.

The canvas was covered by seemingly careless splats of paint.

The egg splatted onto the floor.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.The narrow wooden centre piece of a chair back.
  2. 2.The sharp, atonal sound of a liquid or soft solid hitting a solid surface.
  3. 3.The irregular shape of a viscous liquid or soft solid which has hit a solid surface.
  4. 4.The Command key on an Apple Macintosh.
  5. 5.Any of various characters appearing in computer character sets.

verb

  1. 1.To hit a flat surface and deform into an irregular shape.
  2. 2.To splatter.
  3. 3.To combine different textures by applying an alpha channel map to the higher levels, revealing the layers underneath where the map is partially or completely transparent.

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