Slate Meaning and Definition


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Slate meaning

Word: Slate

How to pronounce: sleɪt

Noun

Definitions:

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

Example sentences: "Slate quarries"

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

Example sentences: "The teacher was demonstrating, the children copying onto slates"

3. A bluish-gray color.

Example sentences: "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.

Example sentences: "Another slate of candidates will be picked for the state convention"

5. A board showing the identifying details of a take of a motion picture, which is held in front of the camera at its beginning and end.

Example sentences: "The electronic time-code system allowed us to shoot with or without conventional slates"

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Cover (something, especially a roof) with slates.

Example sentences: "He was working for his father slating a new roof"

2. Criticize severely.

3. Schedule; plan.

Example sentences: "Renovations are slated for late June"

4. Identify (a movie take) using a slate.

Example sentences: "The assistant cameraman is about to slate the scene"


Synonyms:

shale

roofing slate

oil shale

schist

chert

shaly

gray

schedule


Derivations:

slating

slaty

slated

slat

Slater


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Slate in Other Languages...

Spanish: Pizarra

German: Schiefer

French: Ardoise

Italian: Ardesia

Turkish: Arduvaz


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