Synonyms:
slate
Meaning: (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
slate
Meaning: designate or schedule; "He slated his talk for 9 AM"; "She was slated to be his successor"
Usage examples
Early stages of metamorphism are seen in SLATE.
Tea grounds, set with copperas, makes a good slate color.
The roof was of slate, and every single slate knew its place and kept it.
The dye for slate color should be strained before the goods are put into it.
The shingle was composed of slate, quartz, and granite, named in the order of abundance.
To make a good dark slate color, boil sugar-loaf paper with vinegar, in an iron utensil--put in alum to set the color.
To produce a light slate color, boil white maple bark in clear water, with a little alum--the bark should be boiled in a brass utensil.
Under somewhat greater pressure, slate becomes PHYLLITE, a clay slate whose cleavage surfaces are lustrous with flat-lying mica flakes.
Why, sir, I done a whole slate full of letters and signs; and afterward, when I tried by figures, they every one of them came out right and brung the answer!
He thought of his childhood, left far far behind-- That blissful and innocent state-- The sound so exactly recalled to his mind A pencil that squeaks on a slate!