Slate

What do we mean by slate?

A fine-grained metamorphic rock that splits into thin, smooth-surfaced layers. noun

A piece of this rock cut for use as roofing or surfacing material or as a writing surface. noun

A writing tablet made of a similar material. noun

A record of past performance or activity. noun

A list of the candidates of a political party running for various offices. noun

A dark or bluish gray to dark bluish or dark purplish gray. noun

Made of a fine-grained metamorphic rock. adjective

Of the color slate. adjective

To cover (a roof, for example) with slate. transitive verb

To put on a list of candidates. transitive verb

To schedule or designate. transitive verb

To bait; set a dog loose at.

To haul over the coals; take to task harshly or rudely; berate; abuse; scold; hold up to ridicule; criticize severely: as, the work was slated in the reviews.

To cover with slate or plates of stone: as, to slate a roof.

To enter as on a slate; suggest or propose as a candidate by entering the name on the slate or ticket: as, A. B. is already slated for the mayoralty. See I., 4.

In tanning, to cleanse from hairs, etc., with a slater. See slater, 3.

A thin, flat stone or piece of stone; a thin plate or flake. See slat, 1. noun

Especially A piece or plate of the stone hence called slate. (See def. 3.) noun

A rock the most striking characteristic of which is its fissile structure, or capability of being easily split or cleft into thin plates of nearly uniform thickness and smooth surfaces. noun

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.

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

A roofing-tile made of slate.

A record of money owed.

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.

To slate = to cuss, to insult a slate = an insult Urban Dictionary

A hard metamorphic rock,formed from the sedimentary shale. It progresses through to phyllite, schist, and gneiss. Urban Dictionary

Only Something god has control over. he slates your death. he knows when you die. only he can change that or not Urban Dictionary

When u slay and ate 😜 Urban Dictionary

To make someone look really bad to someone else Urban Dictionary

A bald poon. completely shaven Urban Dictionary

When someone addresses your negative factors to a large group of people in front of you Urban Dictionary

Snobbish emag that publishes articles as if it was an expert. Unfortunately sometimes the expertise is fake. Slate published an article on Dawkins' The Selfish Gene, that repeatedly made it obvious the author had never read Dawkins. Urban Dictionary

To be tormented cruelly,teased unfairly Urban Dictionary

A male slag. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to slate:
slate, state, plate, late, spate, skate, slave, elate, sate, slat, slake, blate, alate, slade, slane, slaty, slats, slaie, solate, swate, scate, slatt, clate, slape, flate, slae, slite, slete, slath.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word slate:
quarries, clerestory, roofs, mansard, roofing, storeys, shingles, quarry, aisles, nave, dormer, chancel, roof, quarried, gabled, porch, bays, gable, tiles, aisle, projecting, slab, candidates, chimney, spire, tile, sandstone, facade, shale, limestone, granite, rectangular, delegates, decorative, brick, tower, windows, consists, plan, topped, gothic, stone, marble, grey, entrance, architectural, mines, gray, exterior, copper, clean, mine, columns, decorated, rocks, contributing, mining, ridge, timber, window, magazine, walls, ticket, wooden, com.

Words that rhyme with slate:
state, rate, date, plate, advocate, appropriate, appreciate, mitigate, great, propagate, facilitate, accommodate, articulate, elaborate, vacillate, mandate, estate, conflate, weight, abrogate, anticipate, repudiate, emulate, intimate, ameliorate, separate, alleviate, predicate, innate, obviate, exacerbate, associate, deliberate, obfuscate, abate, mate, gate, disseminate, consummate, indicate, emanate, create, elucidate, contemplate, adequate, trait, straight, resonate, delineate, initiate, incorporate, postulate, dedicate, estimate, integrate, assimilate, delegate, extrapolate, fate, reiterate, coordinate, precipitate, corroborate, collaborate, gait, manipulate, evaluate, desolate, late, designate, alternate, update, rait, collate, surrogate, abdicate, cultivate, procrastinate, freight, commiserate, consolidate, wait, moderate, arrogate, spate, relate, debate, demonstrate, deprecate, stipulate, inculcate, denigrate, celebrate, dissipate, graduate, exonerate, communicate, subordinate, negate, compensate.

Adjectives that are often used to describe slate:
clean, blank, black, dark, full, blue, green, gray, entire, grey, single, red, hard, talcose, democratic, soft, solid, argillaceous, micaceous, bluish, magic, mica, calcareous, welsh, republican, banded, broken, siliceous, fine, empty, greenish, official, fresh, flinty, purple, blackish, brown, ordinary, independent, polished, clear, pale, light, bituminous, primitive, top, sandy, loose, carbonaceous, electoral, dull, silicified, coarse, hornblende, wooden, metamorphic, grained, smooth, joint, brownish, wet, chloritic, ferruginous, compact, graphitic, silicious, thin.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective slate:
pencil, color, roof, colour, writing, clay, quarries, pencils, stone, rock, rocks, gray, grey, roofs, blue, quarry, formation, work, making, stones, roofing, eyes, beds, shingles, slabs, coal, hanging, sky, palettes, quarrying, limestone, dust, makers, tiles, pickers, tuition, brown, blackboards, colored, schist, mining, house, tile, approach, deposits, knives, picker, powder, candidates, series, mountains, writers, creek, floors, bedrock, magazine, fragments, belt, cutter, frame, cisterns, formations, gneiss, flour, coloured, clouds, pigmentation, availability, mines, writer, industry, hills, size, floor, elections, sandstone, cleavage, waste, flooring, discoloration, conglomerate, strata, club, boards, board, serpentine, quartz, granite, paper, black, suit, granules.

Consonant match to slate:
slot, slit, slight, sleet, slut, sleight, slat, sloat, sluit, slatt, slott, slaght, sloate.

Words that sound like slate:
slate, slut, slit, slight, slot, sleet, slayed, sleight, slade, slat, sloot, slet, sloat, sleat, sleighed, slott, sluit, slatt, slide, sleigh, slay, sled, slid, slowed, sate, slater, slays, slates, sleighs, ciate, sait, slewed, slaked, slad, slaty, slt, slainte, sloid, slued, solate, saite, slud, sleid, slatey, slaie, sloyd, sleighty, elate, set, seat, sat, salute, cite, seet, sade, sellout, cit, salut, sayed, sett, psat, cet, saide, salat, sayd, cyte, sell out, scate, sede, sely, citt, ceat, cely, scet, pset, sete, sell-out, satte, saut, cerate, sallet, seit, sawt, cyt, seite, saat, cette, satt, cete, ceit, psit, scit, salaat, see out, salet, scite, sallade, salite, ciet, psut.