slate meaning:
n. ) A kind of rock which readily splits into thin plates;
v. )to record, schedule, list, or designate as though on a writing surface.
n. ) a record, schedule, or list.
n.)A tablet for writing upon; A thin plate of any material; a flake.
n. ) a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand.
adj.) a dark or bluish gray color.
slate sentence:
The walls were mostly slate.
His eyes were slate grey.
The new campus is slated to open next term.
The sea was the colour of slate.
A loose slate had fallen from the roof.
The film is slated for release in winter.
We hired him because of his clean slate.
Could you put these drinks on the slate?
Their cottage was roofed with green slate.
The area has been mined for slate for centuries.
He had a clean slate so the principal did not punish him.
The nominating committee laid its slate before the board.
He received a nasty knock on the head from a falling slate.
Let’s forget our quarrel and start again with a clean slate.
The senator has not got a full slate of delegates in New York.
I quit my job and moved so I could start off with a clean slate.
Start with a clean slate every time you move onto a new project.
The slate roof differentiates this house from others in the area.
30,000 tonnes of slate are gouged out of the mountains every week.
The pink brick and grey slate was catching the dying rays of the sun.
The falls of the flowers are a delicate yellowish green veined with slate blue.
The mill still stands and is a curious mixture of brick, elm, slate and corrugated iron.
Now Tom began to scrawl something on the slate, hiding the words from the girl.
The area has been mined for slate for centuries.
Only a skilled workman can split slate into layers.
My slate roof is leaking through general wear.