slate

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.
2. The bluish-grey colour of most slate.
3. 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.
4. A roofing-tile made of slate.
5. A record of money owed.
6. A list of affiliated candidates for an election.
7. An artificial material resembling slate and used for the same purposes.
8. A thin plate of any material; a flake.
9. A tablet computer.
10. A clapperboard.

Adj

Having the bluish-grey/gray colour of slate.

Verb

1. To cover with slate.
2. To criticise harshly.
3. To schedule.
4. To anticipate or strongly expect.
5. To set a dog upon (a person).
6. To nominate, appoint, or designate.
7. To record a synchronization mark using a clapperboard.

Konzepte

Schiefer

Schiefertafel

Tafel

Kandidatenliste

Schieferplatte

Schiefergrau

Dachschiefer

Liste

schiefergrau

verreissen

durch den Kakao ziehen

Tonschiefer

missbrauchen

angesetzt sein

geplant sein

bestimmt sein

vorgesehen sein

Schiefergestein

schiefer

Schieferstein

Maus

Ratte

Lehmschiefer

bestimmen

vorsehen

ansetzen

planen

Schuldentafel

etwas anschreiben

Dachziegel

verreißen

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/sleɪt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle English slate, slat, slatte, sclate, sclatte, from Old French esclate, from esclat (French éclat), from Frankish *slaitan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slaitijaną, causative of *slītaną (“to cut up, split”). Doublet of éclat.

Sätze

The slab was hewn from heavy blocks of slate .

Die Platte wurde aus schweren Schieferblöcken gehauen.