slate
(noun) (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate
slate, ticket
(noun) a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices
slate
(noun) a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers
slate, slating
(noun) thin layers of rock used for roofing
slate
(verb) designate or schedule; “He slated his talk for 9 AM”; “She was slated to be his successor”
slate
(verb) cover with slate; “slate the roof”
slate
(verb) enter on a list or slate for an election; “He was slated for borough president”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
slate (countable and uncountable, plural slates)
(uncountable, geology) A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.
(uncountable) The bluish-grey colour of most slate.
(countable) A chalkboard, sheet of slate for writing on with chalk or with a thin rod of slate (a slate pencil) formerly commonly used by both students and teachers in schools
(countable) A roofing-tile made of slate.
(countable) A record of money owed.
(countable, chiefly, US) A list of affiliated candidates for an election.
An artificial material resembling slate and used for the same purposes.
A thin plate of any material; a flake.
• (colour/color): slate blue, slate grey, slate gray
• (record of money owed): account, bill
slate (not comparable)
Having the bluish-grey/gray colour of slate.
• slate black
• slate brown
• slate blue
• slate gray/grey
slate (third-person singular simple present slates, present participle slating, simple past and past participle slated)
(transitive) To cover with slate.
(transitive, chiefly, British) To criticise harshly.
(transitive, chiefly, US) To schedule.
(transitive, chiefly, US) To anticipate or strongly expect.
(transitive, regional) To set a dog upon (a person).
• Astle, ETLAs, Teals, Tesla, astel, laste, lates, least, leats, salet, setal, stale, steal, stela, taels, tales, teals, telas, tesla
Slate (plural Slates)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Slate is the 5796th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5969 individuals. Slate is most common among White (87.87%) individuals.
• Astle, ETLAs, Teals, Tesla, astel, laste, lates, least, leats, salet, setal, stale, steal, stela, taels, tales, teals, telas, tesla
Source: Wiktionary
Slate, n. Etym: [OE. slat, OF. esclat a shiver, splinter, F. Ă©clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to chip, F. Ă©clater, fr. OHG. sliezen to tear, slit, split, fr. slizan to slit, G. schleissen. See Slit, v. t., and cf. Eclat.]
1. (Min.)
Definition: An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially: (a) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc. (b) A tablet for writing upon.
4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes.
5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.]
6. (Politics)
Definition: A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] Bartlett. Adhesive slate (Min.), a kind of slate of a greenish gray color, which absorbs water rapidly, and adheres to the tongue; whence the name.
– Aluminous slate, or Alum slate (Min.), a kind of slate containing sulphate of alumina, -- used in the manufacture of alum.
– Bituminous slate (Min.), a soft species of sectile clay slate, impregnated with bitumen.
– Hornblende slate (Min.), a slaty rock, consisting essentially of hornblende and feldspar, useful for flagging on account of its toughness.
– Slate ax or axe, a mattock with an ax end, used in shaping slates for roofs, and making holes in them for the nails.
– Slate clay (Geol.), an indurated clay, forming one of the alternating beds of the coal measures, consisting of an infusible compound of alumina and silica, and often used for making fire bricks. Tomlinson.
– Slate globe, a globe the surface of which is made of an artificial slatelike material.
– Slate pencil, a pencil of slate, or of soapstone, used for writing on a slate.
– Slate rocks (Min.), rocks which split into thin laminæ, not necessarily parallel to the stratification; foliated rocks.
– Slate spar (Min.), a variety of calcite of silvery white luster and of a slaty structure.
– Transparent slate, a plate of translucent material, as ground glass, upon which a copy of a picture, placed beneath it, can be made by tracing.
Slate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slated; p. pr. & vb. n. Slating.]
1. To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe.
2. To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment. [Polit. Cant]
Slate, v. t. Etym: [Cf. AS. slæting a privilege of hunting.]
Definition: To set a dog upon; to bait; to slat. See 2d Slat, 3. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [Written also slete.] Ray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
