Dictionary
SLATE
slate
(noun)
- a piece of construction material (such as laminated rock) prepared as a shingle for roofing and siding
- a dense fine-grained metamorphic rock produced by the compression of various sediments (such as clay or shale) so as to develop a characteristic cleavage
- a tablet (as of slate) used for writing on
slate
(verb)
- to cover (something) with slate or a slatelike substance
- to designate (someone or something) for a specified purpose or action occurring especially at a fixed time
slate
(verb)
- to thrash or pummel severely
- to criticize or censure severely
slate
(noun)
- a nearly neutral slightly purplish black
slate
(noun)
- a grayish-blue color
slate
(noun)
- a bluish-gray color
slate
(noun)
- tabula rasa
slate
(noun)
- a person's record (as from a school or a job) that shows no evidence of any problems, broken rules, etc. : a clean record
slate
(idiom)
- to forget all the things that have happened or been done and start doing something again : to start again from the very beginning