Slate
Definitions
- Synonym of slating (“a harsh criticism”).
- A dirty or slovenly person.
- A flake or piece of certain types of stone that tend to cleave into thin layers.
- A piece of such stone, usually cut into a rectangular shape, used as a tile for flooring, roofing, etc.; (uncountable) such tiles collectively, or the material from which they are made.
- A surname.
- A piece of other material used as a roofing tile.
- A generally rectangular piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on with a thin rod of the same or another stone (a slate pencil) or with chalk; a small chalkboard.
- Synonym of tablet computer (“a hand-held portable computer in the form of a tablet with a touch screen interface”).
- Synonym of clapperboard (“a device consisting of a board on which information about a film being recorded is noted, and a hinged piece which is brought down on the board with a clap at the start and end of each take of the film; it is used to synchronize picture and sound during editing”).
- A sequentially numbered session of recording a film.
- Information about a film recording which is inserted at the start of the recording, or printed on a videotape label etc.
- A record, for example, of money owed.
- A range of things; also, a schedule.
- A collection of films released during a certain period, either from one studio or from a certain film industry (such as Hollywood) as a whole.
- A group or list of candidates for appointment or election to an office; also, a group of candidates or electors with affiliated political views.
- A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.
- The bluish-grey colour of most slate (etymology 1 sense 4).
Equivalents
27 more languages
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한국어점판암
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Polskiłupek
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Tiếng Việtthạch bản
Examples
“Some of the minor Welsh 2 ft. gauge railways, we hear⟳ from Mr. N. F. G. Dalston, are enjoying a miniature boom owing to the demand⟳ for slate for the repair⟳ of damaged roofs.”
“In 1765 only 80 men were employed, and the annual output of slates did not exceed 1,000 tons, and large-scale quarrying was not begun by Lord Penrhyn until 1782.”
“The necessary works were extensive and included replacing missing and damaged slates and other roof repairs (in order⟳ to make⟳ the building watertight), pointing and drainpipe replacement, and extensive replacement of rotten floorboarding.”
“He wrote all down one side of the slate and all up the other, and then remarked--"As there's no time to finish⟳ that, The time has come⟳ to have⟳ our chat."”
“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 […]”
“Put⟳ it on my slate—I’ll pay⟳ you next week.”
“The Chairman James Kaplan tended to his busy slate of record⟳ and film projects, while Mia, too, actively sought movie work⟳, somewhat to her husband's chagrin.”
“If it sounds like⟳ an impossibly busy slate, it turned out to be just that.”
“Like⟳ many independents that have⟳ established a strong if narrow niche, Central Park⟳ says it prospers when "A" titles are in short supply⟳, but Pascuzzi much prefers a crowded slate because of trickle-down economics.”
“MVL Film Finance LLC (MVL) was created to partially finance Marvel Studios' production of a slate of 10 live-action or animated films based on up to 10 of Marvel's comic book characters[…]”
“This overcrowded blockbuster slate has led to the death of the respectable mid-budget movie, which has arguably migrated to prestige television along with writers, directors and actors.”
“Ice is one of a slate of young, idealistic candidates for Move⟳ Forward⟳ who have⟳ joined mainstream politics in the hope⟳ that this election allows Thailand to break⟳ the cycle of military coups […]”
“The Penrhyn slate quarry possibly dates back to the sixteenth century, as it appears that in 1580 Sion Tudor asked the Bishop of Bangor for a shipload of slate.”
“[Thomas] Carlyle's savage "slate" of him [Frederick Marryat] is unjust to a degree which can only be palliated by the fact that it was founded on a hasty reading of his books in the evil days after the loss of the manuscript of the French Revolution.”
“Had aff [hold⟳ off], quoth ſhe, ye filthy Slate, / Ye ſtink o' Leeks, O figh!”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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