slate
1 of 3noun
ˈslāt 
1
: a piece of construction material (such as laminated rock) prepared as a shingle for roofing and siding
2
: 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
3
: a tablet (as of slate) used for writing on
4
a
: a written or unwritten record (as of deeds)
started with a clean slate
b
: a list of candidates for nomination or election
5
a
: a dark purplish gray
b
: any of various grays similar in color to common roofing slates
slate adjective
slatelike
ˈslāt-ˌlīk
adjective slate
2 of 3verb (1)
slated; slating
transitive verb
1
: to cover (something) with slate or a slatelike substance
slate a roof
2
: to designate (someone or something) for a specified purpose or action occurring especially at a fixed time
was slated to direct the play
The new model is slated [=scheduled] for release early next year.
slate
3 of 3verb (2)
slated; slating
transitive verb
1
: to thrash or pummel severely
2
chiefly British : to criticize or censure severely
Synonyms
Verb (1)
- catalog
- catalogue
- enroll
- enrol
- enter
- index
- inscribe
- list
- put down
- record
- register
- schedule
Verb (2)
- bash
- baste
- bat
- batter
- beat
- belabor
- belt
- birch
- bludgeon
- buffet
- bung up
- club
- curry
- do
- drub
- fib [British]
- flog
- hammer
- hide
- lace
- lambaste
- lambast
- lash
- lather
- lick
- maul
- mess (up)
- paddle
- pelt
- pommel
- pound
- pummel
- punch out
- rough (up)
- slog
- switch
- tan
- thrash
- thresh
- thump
- tromp
- wallop
- whale
- whip
- whop
- whap
- whup
- work over
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Example Sentences
Noun Some school blackboards are made of slate. The house has a slate roof.
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English sclate, slate, from Anglo-French *esclat, from esclater to splinter, break off, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German zesleizzen, slīzan to tear apart — more at slit
Verb (2)
probably alteration of slat entry 1
First Known Use
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (2)
1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing slate
Kids Definition
slate
noun
ˈslāt
1
: a fine-grained usually bluish gray rock that splits into thin layers or plates and is used mostly for roofing and blackboards
2
: a framed piece of slate used to write on
slates 1 of 2
verb (1)
as in lists
to put (someone or something) on a list you've been slated for a three o'clock interview Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- lists
- records
- schedules
- files
- enters
- catalogs
- indexes
- registers
- books
- catalogues
- inscribes
- cards
- notes
- enrols
- enrolls
- tallies
- compiles
- puts down
- tabulates
- classifies
- reschedules
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- deletes
slates
2 of 2verb (2)
as in licks
to strike repeatedly ready to slate anyone who disagreed Synonyms & Similar Words
- licks
- pounds
- hides
- lashes
- pelts
- bats
- whips
- boxes
- batters
- beats
- attacks
- does
- hammers
- assaults
- hits
- punches
- knocks
- clubs
- chops
- thumps
- belts
- mauls
- slaps
- smashes
- paddles
- tans
- bludgeons
- bashes
- birches
- switches
- raids
- slams
- curries
- buffets
- works over
- pommels
- spanks
- storms
- laces
- threshes
- lathers
- cracks
- punches out
- wounds
- fibs
- whales
- bastes
- swipes
- wallops
- flogs
- lams
- pastes
- thrashes
- smacks
- canes
- pummels
- whacks
- bungs up
- beats up on
- drubs
- slogs
- socks
- straps
- belabors
- whops
- clouts
- whups
- lambastes
- cudgels
- thwacks
- whaps
- leathers
- rushes
- lambasts
- cuffs
- cowhides
- flagellates
- tromps
- scourges
- lays on
- besets
- swats
- rawhides
- whams
- roughs (up)
- assails
- horsewhips
- blackjacks
- clobbers
- busts
- descends (on or upon)
- lacerates
- fustigates
- messes (up)
- whomps
- pistol-whips
- gores
- jumps (on)
- mutilates
- maims
- mangles
- pounces (on or upon)
