slate in English

noun

1

a fine-grained gray, green, or bluish metamorphic rock easily split into smooth, flat pieces.

The most resistant rocks are quartzite and quartz-rich sandstones, and tough fine-grained rocks such as slate .

2

a flat piece of slate used for writing on, typically framed in wood, formerly used in schools.

The colliery village's principle attractions are the driftwood mine, where the visitor is taken to the coalface, and the school, in which children can try out the desks and writing slates and play games of the period.

3

a bluish-gray color.

suits of slate gray

4

a list of candidates for election to a post or office, typically a group sharing a set of political views.

another slate of candidates will be picked for the state convention

verb

1

cover (something, especially a roof) with slates.

The roof will be slated and the front elevations will mostly be of natural stone, and each house has a large back garden.

2

criticize severely.

his work was slated by the critics

synonyms: plan, schedule, book, organize, arrange

3

schedule; plan.

renovations are slated for late June

4

identify (a movie take) using a slate.

They discuss how to proceed, conduct run-throughs, slate shots, film the filming; and as they do so, you get to know these young people.

noun

• slating
• ticket

verb

• plan, schedule, book, organize, arrange

Use "slate" in a sentence

1. His eyes were dull like slate, grey like slate.

2. Slate and stone for discontinuous roofing and external cladding — Part 1: Specifications for slate and carbonate slate

3. A clean slate.

4. Solar roof tiles and slate

5. Sometimes called “Haida Slate” or “Black Slate”, Argillite is a type of hard, fine black silt

6. The walls were mostly slate.

7. And our slate ain't clean, motherfucker.

8. Let's clean the slate right now.

9. A slate floor ensures easy cleaning.

10. The hand-chiseled slate of Matcrete Ashler Slate defines the genuine feel of this classic notched Ashler pattern

11. A Film Clapboard is known by a variety of names, here as some of them: Clapboard Movie Clapboard Film Slate Movie Slate Hollywood Clapboard Production Slate Director’s Slate or Director’s Clapboard No matter what you call them, they are all the same thing.

12. Zootopia (2016) Jenny Slate as Bellwether

13. Slate splits easily into thin sheets.

14. Immunity, a new identity, a clean slate.

15. Let the Savior wipe the slate clean.

16. The falling slate sliced into his arm.

17. " Saw my name on the lecture slate "?

18. The sea was the colour of slate.

19. Ashler Notched Slate. Concrete Stamp Set – 11 piece

20. The UK authorities claim that by-products from cut slate production are unable to be distinguished from slate deliberately produced as aggregate.

21. Albiate washed lightweight slate blue denim featuring soft roma spread collar, soft long one button cuff, no placket and slate horn buttons

22. Could you put these drinks on the slate?

23. A skilled person can split slate into layers.

24. " Please allow me to wipe the slate clean.

25. Its slate roof differentiates this house from others.

26. $17.79 - $19.99 FINS Windtamer Braided Line Slate Green

27. Cement block, slate is not a good alternative.

28. Massive slate crags rise above the river bank.

29. A loose slate had fallen from the roof.

30. 27 Their cottage was roofed with green slate.

31. This is a touching slate meant for blind children.

32. Start with a blank slate in the new year.

33. The nominating committee laid its slate before the board.

34. Coot - slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks

35. — terrazzo, marble, granite or slate floor or wall coverings,

36. No slate can acquiesce to such breaches of order.

37. A lumberjack peered down from the slate above the door.

38. Ceramics Tiles Floor Marble, Granite Slate , Quarizite Onyx, Teak Parquet.

39. What's better than a blank slate in the right hands?

40. Order custom Coasters available in stone, wood, slate and pulpboard

41. The slate of Challengers filed a complaint in Superior Court

42. Product Description Ashler Notched Slate. Concrete Stamp Set – 8 piece

43. • All-weather road will open Slate Falls First Nation economy

44. Outside, fat snowflakes are falling on slate roofs and granite walls.

45. Why not wipe the slate clean and start all over again?

46. Bowyer has been winless since then, including the current 2020 slate

47. The slate roof differentiates this house from others in the area.

48. I've no change, could you put these eggs on the slate?

49. They were hard pin-points of slate blue beneath bushy eyebrows.

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