slate
slate/slāt/
noun
- a fine-grained gray, green, or bluish metamorphic rock easily split into smooth, flat pieces."slate quarries"
- a flat piece of slate used for writing on, typically framed in wood, formerly used in schools."the teacher was demonstrating, the children copying onto slates"
- a bluish-gray color."suits of slate gray"
- a list of candidates for election to a post or office, typically a group sharing a set of political views."another slate of candidates will be picked for the state convention"
- a board showing the identifying details of a take of a motion picture, which is held in front of the camera at its beginning and end."the electronic time-code system allowed us to shoot with or without conventional slates"
verb
- cover (something, especially a roof) with slates."he was working for his father slating a new roof"
- criticize severely."his work was slated by the critics"synonyms: criticize harshly, attack, pillory, lambaste, condemn, flay, savage, shoot down, revile, vilify, pan, knock, tear/pull/take to pieces, take/pull apart, crucify, hammer, slam, do a hatchet job on, bash, give something a battering, roast, skewer, maul, throw brickbats at, rubbish, slag off, monster, trash, pummel, bag, slash, excoriate
- schedule; plan."renovations are slated for late June"
- identify (a movie take) using a slate."the assistant cameraman is about to slate the scene"
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verb (1) slated; slating. transitive verb. 1. : to cover (something) with slate or a slatelike substance.
a thin, flat piece or plate of fine-grained, easily split rock or a similar material, used especially for roofing or as a writing surface.
to attack by criticizing; to write or say that something is very bad: Her last book was slated by the critics.
Definition: A slate is a list of people who are running for a certain position, like a job or a political office. The list usually has the same number of ...
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes ...
Slate is a type of gray metamorphic rock that is made up of quartz and other minerals. The rock can be split into thin layers and the slate used for things ...
SLATE meaning: 1 : a type of hard rock that splits easily into thin layers; 2 : a small sheet of slate in a wooden frame that was used in schools in the ...