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slaten
English
Etymology
slate +? -en (“made of”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sle?t?n/, [?sle?tn?]
Adjective
slaten (not comparable)
- (literary) Made of slate.
- 1860 October, The Knickerbocker LVI, ? 4, “Remembrances; Somewhat of an Allegory”, page 368:
- It is twilight time: the sun has gone away over the hill, and has left only crimson clouds for his rising token. Sitting down on the slaten rock, and looking westward, I said: ‘It will be fair to-morrow.’ Then, close by me, some one said: ‘Fair, to-morrow.’
- ibidem, page 369:
- Then she floated away and left me lying on the slaten rock.
- 1860 October, The Knickerbocker LVI, ? 4, “Remembrances; Somewhat of an Allegory”, page 368:
Translations
Anagrams
- Altens, Antles, latens, salten, tensal
Maltese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sl??t?n/
Noun
slaten
- plural of sultan
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slater
English
Etymology
From Middle English sclater, equivalent to slate +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?sle?t?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sle?t?/
- Rhymes: -e?t?(?)
Noun
slater (plural slaters)
- One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
- Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a woodlouse.
- A harsh critic; one who slates or denigrates something.
- 1901, The Critic (volume 39, page 562)
- Plain speaking, now and then, is very necessary. The author will call the critic a “blackguard slater," of course, but he need not be a blackguard. Ferocity of language only hurts his effect.
- 1901, The Critic (volume 39, page 562)
Translations
See also
- butcher boy
- sowbug
- woodlouse
- sai bug
- saisai gnat
Anagrams
- Salter, alerts, alters, artels, estral, laster, laters, ratels, resalt, salter, staler, stelar, strale, streal, talers, tarsel, tralse
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