slate
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English sclate, slat, slate (“type of rock; roofing slate; writing slate”), from Old French esclate, a feminine form of esclat (“broken piece, shard”) (modern French éclat), from Old French esclater (“to break, shatter”), from Frankish *slaitijan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slaitijaną, the causative of *slītaną (“to cut up, split”); further etymology unknown (see the Proto-Germanic entry for a discussion). Doublet of éclat and slat.
The adjective and verb are derived from the noun.
Inflected forms:
form: slates
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sclate
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: more slate
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most slate
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: slates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: slating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: slated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: slated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A flake or piece of certain types of stone that tend to cleave into thin layers.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
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.
gloss: A flake or piece of certain types of stone that tend to cleave into thin layers.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
countable
uncountable
examples: 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."
gloss: Synonym of tablet computer (“a hand-held portable computer in the form of a tablet with a touch screen interface”).
pos: noun
tags: broadly
countable
uncountable
examples: 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 […]
gloss: 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”).
pos: noun
tags: broadly
countable
uncountable
gloss: 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”).
pos: noun
tags: broadly
countable
uncountable
gloss: A record, for example, of money owed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: Put it on my slate—I’ll pay you next week.
gloss: A range of things; also, a schedule.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: A group or list of candidates for appointment or election to an office; also, a group of candidates or electors with affiliated political views.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: 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 […]
gloss: A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Having the bluish-grey colour of slate (noun etymology 1, noun sense 4).
pos: adj
gloss: To cover (a building, or part of a building such as a floor or roof) with slates (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.1).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The old church ledgers show that the roof was slated in 1775.
gloss: To write (something) on a writing slate (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.1).
pos: verb
tags: US
figuratively
transitive
gloss: To write (something) on a writing slate (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.1).
pos: verb
tags: US
figuratively
transitive
examples: The next version of our software is slated to be the best release ever.
gloss: To write (something) on a writing slate (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.1).
pos: verb
tags: US
figuratively
transitive
examples: The election was slated for November 2nd.
The Cleethorpes to Barton-on-Humber branch had been slated to transfer from Northern into the East Midlands franchise, but this move is still awaiting a DfT decision.
gloss: To provide synchronization information about (a scene, take, etc., of a film recording) using a slate (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.3.1).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Why You Want to Slate your Shots
gloss: To scrape (an animal hide) with a slater (“blade originally made of slate”) to remove hairs.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To cover a building, or part of a building with slates (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.1).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To provide a film recording with synchronization information, especially using a slate (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.3.1).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Related words: basalt
Derived words: blank slate
clean slate
digislate
draw a sponge over the slate
drawing slate
end slate
lithographic slate
log slate
magic slate
on the slate
pass a sponge over the slate
polishing slate
slasto
slate club
slate-coloured junco
slateful
slateless
slatelike
slate loose
slaten
slate pencil
slate quarry
slate-shiver
slatestone
slate white
slateworks
slate writer
slate writing
slatish
slaty
tail slate
wipe the slate clean
unslate
reslate
slating
unslated
slated
slater
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: pala liuskekiveä
lang: Arabic
word: أَرْدْوَاز
roman: ʔardwāz
lang: Basque
word: arbela
lang: Bulgarian
word: шиста
roman: šista
lang: Catalan
word: llicorella
lang: Catalan
word: pissarra
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 板岩
roman: bǎnyán
lang: Czech
word: břidlice
lang: Dutch
word: lei
lang: Dutch
word: leisteen
lang: Esperanto
word: ardezo
lang: Finnish
word: liuske
lang: Finnish
word: liuskekivi
lang: Finnish
word: saviliuske
lang: French
word: ardoise
lang: German
word: Plattenschiefer
lang: German
word: Schiefer
lang: German
word: Schieferplatte
lang: German
word: Schieferstein
lang: German
word: Tonschiefer
lang: Greek
word: σχιστόλιθος
roman: schistólithos
lang: Hindi
word: स्लेट
roman: sleṭ
lang: Hungarian
word: agyagpala
lang: Hungarian
word: pala
lang: Hungarian
word: zsindelypala
lang: Irish
word: scláta
lang: Irish
word: slinn
lang: Italian
word: ardesia
lang: Japanese
word: 粘板岩
roman: nenbangan
lang: Korean
word: 점판암
roman: jeompanam
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Lee
lang: Macedonian
word: шкри́лец
roman: škrílec
lang: Māori
word: mākoha
lang: Norman
word: ardouaise
lang: Norman
word: dardaise
lang: Norwegian
word: skifer
lang: Norwegian
word: skiferstein
lang: Persian
word: پلمه
roman: palme
lang: Polish
word: łupek
lang: Portuguese
word: ardósia
lang: Romanian
word: ardezie
lang: Russian
word: аспи́д
roman: aspíd
lang: Russian
word: аспи́дный сла́нец
roman: aspídnyj slánec
lang: Russian
word: ши́фер
roman: šífer
lang: Slovak
word: bridlica
lang: Spanish
word: pizarra
lang: Swedish
word: skiffer
lang: Turkish
word: arduvaz
lang: Turkish
word: dam taşı
lang: Turkish
word: kayağan taşı
lang: Turkish
word: kayrak
lang: Ukrainian
word: лупа́к
roman: lupák
lang: Ukrainian
word: сла́нець
roman: slánecʹ
lang: Volapük
word: slet
lang: Walloon
word: schaye
lang: Welsh
word: llech
lang: Welsh
word: llechfaen
lang: Finnish
word: verhota liuskekivellä
lang: Spanish
word: empizarrar
lang: Finnish
word: kirjoittaa rihvelitaululle