slate

Meaning

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.

slate

ticket

schist

shale

slating

blackboard

board

plank

list

roofing slate

tablet

give

chalkboard

Koranic verse writing board

dark gray

dark grey

clay rock

quarry

tile

roll

program

schedule

shiver

abuse

censure

chide

lecture

rate

rebuke

reprimand

reproach

reprove

revile

scold

upbraid

record

slab

spar

flag

flagstone

stone slate

flake

clay stone

ballot

advise

make a motion

propose

propound

put forward

suggest

vote

batten

cleat

furring strip

lag

lath

listing

molding

moulding

stave

admeasure

allot

assign

charge

condition

decree

designate

enjoin

govern

mandate

ordain

order

place

post

requisition

stipulate

tell

will

writing tablet

plate

whiteboard

writing board

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sleɪt/

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.