: a long narrow cut or opening
slit
adjective
a slit skirt [=a skirt with a vertical slit at the hem]
slit; slitting
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: to cut into long narrow strips
slitter
noun
Synonyms
Examples of slit in a Sentence
Noun
You could see through the slit in the fence.
The skirt has a slit on one side.
a dress with a slit skirt
Verb
I slit the bag open at the top.
The bag of seeds had been slit open.
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Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 28 Dec. 2024
Every year on the winter solstice, sunlight slips through a slit in the monument’s rocky ceiling and floods the tomb with light.
—Phoebe Smith, AFAR Media, 18 Dec. 2024
Kc Baker, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
The garlic and coriander mustn’t burn, the broth mustn’t boil, and the ladle should slit through a body that is just silky enough.
—Kristina Kasparian, Longreads, 12 Nov. 2024
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Noun
The skirt, which had a thigh-high slit, and the top were connected via pieces of fabric which criss-crossed over her torso.
—Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 28 Dec. 2024
Every year on the winter solstice, sunlight slips through a slit in the monument’s rocky ceiling and floods the tomb with light.
—Phoebe Smith, AFAR Media, 18 Dec. 2024
Verb
The Massachusetts mom accused of killing her three young children before slitting her wrists and jumping out of a second-story window in an attempt to take her own life is planning to seek an insanity defense, court records show.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
The garlic and coriander mustn’t burn, the broth mustn’t boil, and the ladle should slit through a body that is just silky enough.
—Kristina Kasparian, Longreads, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Slit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slit. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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