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slate
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sle?t/
- Hyphenation: slate
- Rhymes: -e?t
Etymology 1
From Middle English slate, slat, slatte, sclate, sclatte, from Old French esclate, from esclat (French éclat), from Frankish *slaitan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slaitijan?, causative of *sl?tan? (“to cut up, split”). Doublet of éclat.
Noun
slate (countable and uncountable, plural slates)
- (uncountable, geology) A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.
- (uncountable) The bluish-grey colour of most slate.
- (countable) A chalkboard, sheet of slate for writing on with chalk or with a thin rod of slate (a slate pencil) formerly commonly used by both students and teachers in schools
- (countable) A roofing-tile made of slate.
- (countable) A record of money owed.
- Put it on my slate – I’ll pay you next week.
- (countable, chiefly US) A list of affiliated candidates for an election.
- Roy Disney led the alternative slate of directors for the stockholder vote.
- An artificial material resembling slate and used for the same purposes.
- A thin plate of any material; a flake.
- A tablet computer.
- 2012, Chris Sells, ?Brandon Satrom, ?Don Box, Building Windows 8 Apps with JavaScript
- Hearing Steve Ballmer and others talk about the availability of Windows 8 on slates, laptops, netbooks, notebooks, and screens from 7 to 70 inches might lead us to believe that Microsoft is attempting to gain market share solely through […]
- 2012, Chris Sells, ?Brandon Satrom, ?Don Box, Building Windows 8 Apps with JavaScript
Synonyms
- (colour/color): slate blue, slate grey, slate gray
- (record of money owed): account, bill
Derived terms
- clean slate
- magic slate
- on the slate
- slate-coloured
- slate-coloured junco
- slate pencil
- slaty
- wipe the slate clean
- blank slate
See also
- basalt
- blackboard
- chalkboard
- whiteboard
- Appendix:Colors
Translations
Adjective
slate (not comparable)
- Having the bluish-grey/gray colour of slate.
Hyponyms
- slate black
- slate brown
- slate blue
- slate gray/grey
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English slatten, sclatten, from the noun (see above).
Verb
slate (third-person singular simple present slates, present participle slating, simple past and past participle slated)
- (transitive) To cover with slate.
- The old church ledgers show that the roof was slated in 1775.
- (transitive, chiefly Britain) To criticise harshly.
- The play was slated by the critics.
- (transitive, chiefly US) To schedule.
- (transitive, chiefly US) To anticipate or strongly expect.
- The next version of our software is slated to be the best release ever.
- (transitive, regional) To set a dog upon (a person).
Derived terms
- slater
- slating
Translations
References
- slate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Astle, ETLAs, Teals, Tesla, astel, laste, lates, least, leats, salet, setal, stale, steal, stela, taels, tales, teals, telas, tesla
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slaie
English
Noun
slaie (plural slaies)
- A weaver's reed; a sley.
Anagrams
- Alesi, ELISA, Elias, aisle, eLISA, saile
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