Slate Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

Definition of slate · 1 : a piece of construction material (such as laminated rock) prepared as a shingle for roofing and siding · 2 : a dense fine-grained ... Login SignUp Hello, Games&Quizzes Thesaurus WordoftheDay Features BuyingGuide M-WBooks MyWordsMyWords ViewRecents Account LogOut slate noun SaveWord \ˈslāt \ Definitionofslate (Entry1of3) 1 :apieceofconstructionmaterial(suchaslaminatedrock)preparedasashingleforroofingandsiding 2 :adensefine-grainedmetamorphicrockproducedbythecompressionofvarioussediments(suchasclayorshale)soastodevelopacharacteristiccleavage 3 :atablet(asofslate)usedforwritingon 4a :awrittenorunwrittenrecord(asofdeeds) startedwithacleanslate b :alistofcandidatesfornominationorelection 5a :adarkpurplishgray b :anyofvariousgrayssimilarincolortocommonroofingslates slate verb(1) slated;slating Definitionofslate (Entry2of3) transitiveverb 1 :tocover(something)withslateoraslatelikesubstance slatearoof 2 :todesignate(someoneorsomething)foraspecifiedpurposeoractionoccurringespeciallyatafixedtime wasslatedtodirecttheplayThenewmodelisslated[=scheduled]forreleaseearlynextyear. slate verb(2) slated;slating Definitionofslate (Entry3of3) transitiveverb 1 :tothrashorpummelseverely 2 chieflyBritish :tocriticizeorcensureseverely OtherWordsfromslate MoreExampleSentences LearnMoreAboutslate OtherWordsfromslate Noun slate adjective slatelike \ ˈslāt-​ˌlīk \ adjective ExamplesofslateinaSentence Noun Someschoolblackboardsaremadeofslate. Thehousehasaslateroof. FirstKnownUseofslate Noun 14thcentury,inthemeaningdefinedatsense1Verb(1) 15thcentury,inthemeaningdefinedatsense1Verb(2) 1825,inthemeaningdefinedatsense1 HistoryandEtymologyforslate Noun MiddleEnglishsclate,slate,fromAnglo-French*esclat,fromesclatertosplinter,breakoff,ofGermanicorigin;akintoOldHighGermanzesleizzen,slīzantotearapart—moreatslit Verb(2) probablyalterationofslatentry1 LearnMoreAboutslate Shareslate PosttheDefinitionofslatetoFacebook SharetheDefinitionofslateonTwitter TimeTravelerforslate Thefirstknownuseofslatewas inthe14thcentury Seemorewordsfromthesamecentury DictionaryEntriesNearslate slatconveyor slate slateblack SeeMoreNearbyEntries  PhrasesRelatedtoslate cleanslate slategray wipetheslateclean Statisticsforslate Look-upPopularity CitethisEntry “Slate.”Merriam-Webster.comDictionary,Merriam-Webster,https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slate.Accessed2Dec.2021. Style:MLA MLA Chicago APA Merriam-Webster MoreDefinitionsforslate slate noun EnglishLanguageLearnersDefinitionofslate :atypeofhardrockthatsplitseasilyintothinlayers :asmallsheetofslateinawoodenframethatwasusedinschoolsinthepastforwritingonwithchalk :apieceofslatethatisusedwithotherstocoverarooforwall SeethefulldefinitionforslateintheEnglishLanguageLearnersDictionary slate noun \ˈslāt \ KidsDefinitionofslate 1 :afine-grainedusuallybluishgrayrockthatsplitsintothinlayersorplatesandisusedmostlyforroofingandblackboards 2 :aframedpieceofslateusedtowriteon MorefromMerriam-Websteronslate Thesaurus:Allsynonymsandantonymsforslate Nglish:TranslationofslateforSpanishSpeakers BritannicaEnglish:TranslationofslateforArabicSpeakers Britannica.com:Encyclopediaarticleaboutslate WORDOFTHEDAY smarmy SeeDefinitionsandExamples» GetWordoftheDaydailyemail! TestYourVocabulary DifficultSpellingWordsQuiz Whichisthecorrectspelling? accommodate acommodate acommadate accomodate Canyouspellthese10commonlymisspelledwords? TAKETHEQUIZ SubscribetoAmerica'slargestdictionaryandgetthousandsmoredefinitionsandadvancedsearch—adfree! Merriam-Websterunabridged WordsatPlay “InVinoVeritas”andOtherLatinPhrasestoLiveBy Top10LatinPhrases Isit'Forty'?Or'Fourty'? Thisisusage WordoftheYear2021|Vaccine OurWordoftheYear'vaccine,'plus10more Merriam-Webster'sWordsoftheWeek-Nov.26 Fromtheweekending11/26/2021 AsktheEditors 'Everyday'vs.'EveryDay' Asimpletricktokeepthemseparate WhatIs'SemanticBleaching'? How'literally'canmean"figuratively" Literally Howtouseawordthat(literally)drivessomepe... IsSingular'They'aBetterChoice? Theawkwardcaseof'hisorher' WordGames ConfusingWordsStrikesAgain Howmanydoyouknow? Takethequiz NameThoseHerbsandSpices Howmanydoyouknow? Takethequiz SpellIt Canyouspellthese10commonlymisspelledwords? Takethequiz