Term: slate: (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate
Candidate hypernym: tablet: a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription → 1
Candidate hypernym: aperture: a device that controls amount of light admitted → 0
Candidate hypernym: pleasance: a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion → 0
Candidate hypernym: blasphemy: blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred) → 0
Candidate hypernym: castration anxiety: (psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in principle apply to women → 0
Candidate hypernym: line of life: a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live → 0
Candidate hypernym: quarterstaff: a long stout staff used as a weapon → 0
Candidate hypernym: air reconnaissance: reconnaissance either by visual observation from the air or through the use of airborne sensors → 0
Candidate hypernym: dog: informal term for a man → 0
Candidate hypernym: mimosa: a mixed drink containing champagne and orange juice → 0
Candidate hypernym: syntax: a systematic orderly arrangement → 0