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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Having the bluish-grey/gray colour/color of slate.

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Noun:

  • countable A list of affiliated candidates for an election.
  • countable A record of money owed.
  • countable A sheet of slate for writing on with chalk.
  • countable A tile made of slate.
  • uncountable A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.
  • uncountable The bluish-grey colour of most slate.

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Verb:

  • US To destine or strongly expect.
  • US To schedule.
  • chiefly|British To criticise harshly.
  • To cover with slate.
  • To punish severely.

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