slit
noun · verb · adjective
Simple meaning
A narrow cut or opening.
Pronunciation
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slitIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈslɪt
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
A long narrow opening
A narrow fissure
verb
To cut a narrow opening.
transitive
To cut; to sever; to divide.
Make a clean cut through
To split into strips by lengthwise cuts.
Cut a slit into
adjective
Having a cut narrow opening.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C1 · Advanced (estimated)
- Frequency
- Uncommon
- Formality
- Technical
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
Used this way, slit is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use slit
- “He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.”verb
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Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A lamp that emits a narrow but intense beam of light that enables an ophthalmologist, using a microscope, to view the retina and optic nerve.
Narrow trench for shelter in battle.
One of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes.
The fissure between the labia majora.
The fissure between the labia majora.
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