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slate

/sleɪt/

noun16

  1. A flake or piece of certain types of stone that tend to cleave into thin layers.
  2. (US, figurative) A range of things; also, a schedule.
  3. (figurative) 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.
  4. (US, figurative) A group or list of candidates for appointment or election to an office; also, a group of candidates or electors with affiliated political views.
  5. A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.
  6. 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.
  7. A piece of other material used as a roofing tile.
  8. The bluish-grey colour of most slate.
  9. 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.
  10. (figurative) A record, for example, of money owed.
  11. Synonym of tablet computer (“a hand-held portable computer in the form of a tablet with a touch screen interface”).
  12. 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”).
  13. Information about a film recording which is inserted at the start of the recording, or printed on a videotape label etc.
  14. A sequentially numbered session of recording a film.
  15. (old-fashioned) Synonym of slating (“a harsh criticism”).
  16. (offensive, no longer used) A dirty or slovenly person.

verb16

  1. (US, figurative) To plan or schedule (something).
  2. (US, figurative) To expect (something) with a (strong) degree of certainty; to anticipate, to predict.
  3. To scold (someone) harshly; to chastise, to excoriate, to lambaste.
  4. (UK) To criticize or critique (an author or a work) harshly; to castigate.
  5. (US, figurative) To appoint or designate (someone or something); also, to nominate or propose (someone or something); specifically (politics), to nominate or propose (a candidate) for an office.
  6. To cover (a building, or part of a building such as a floor or roof) with slates.
  7. To cover a building, or part of a building with slates.
  8. To provide synchronization information about (a scene, take, etc., of a film recording) using a slate.
  9. To provide a film recording with synchronization information, especially using a slate.
  10. To write (something) on a writing slate.
  11. (slang) To treat (an enemy) harshly.
  12. (slang) To beat or thrash (someone) harshly.
  13. To scrape (an animal hide) with a slater (“blade originally made of slate”) to remove hairs.
  14. (Scotland, Northern-England) To set (one or more dogs) on a person or animal; to sic.
  15. (Scotland, Northern-England) To set one or more dogs on (a person or animal).
  16. (UK, no longer used) To knock the hat of (someone) forward over their eyes as a joke.

adjective1

  1. Having the bluish-grey colour of slate.
forms

slated · slating · slates · more slate · most slate

Phrases with slate

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