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slant(2)(dictionary)
slant(3)(dictionary)
slant(4)(dictionary)
slant culture(medicine)
slant 1, verb(dictionary)
slant 2, noun(dictionary)
tibio-talar slant(medicine)

slant(2) (iou)



slant noun1. [sl¨»:nt] LME.
[Var. of SLENT noun1.]
The slope or inclination of or of a thing, esp. a hill or piece of ground; a sloping stretch of ground; an inclined plane or surface. Cf. SLENT noun 1. LME.
on a slant, on the slant aslant.
M. Twain The slant of a ladder that leans against a house. C. J. Cherryh He walked down the slant past the guard.
b. A short oblique line or surface. E18.
c. An oblique beam or ray of or of light. M19.
C. McCullers The sun made long, yellow slants through the window.
d. Microbiology. A sloping surface of culture medium, prepared by letting it solidify in a sloping test-tube. L19.
e. Typography. A character, appearing as an oblique stroke leaning to the right, used to indicate line endings, the start and finish of the phonetic representation of a linguistic element, etc.: a solidus. Cf. slant-line s.v. SLANT adverb & adjective. M20.
An oblique course or movement; spec. (Amer. Football) a play in which the ball or ball-carrier enters or leaves the scrimmage line obliquely or diagonally. E18.
A sly insult or piece of sarcasm. Cf. SLENT noun1 2. dial. & US. E19.
An occasion, chance, or opportunity (for a journey). slang. Now rare. M19.
A receptacle with a sloping bottom, for storing paintbrushes to keep them moist. L19.
A way of regarding a thing, a point of view; an interpretation; a bias. E20.
Bird Watching To have your eyes opened to a new slant on things, a fresh outlook. Marketing Organisations with an environmental slant.
b. A glance, a look. US colloq. E20.
A slant-eyed (spec. oriental) person. Cf. slant-eye(s) s.v. SLANT adverb & adjective. US slang. derog. & racially offensive. M20.