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slate
noun(slate)
a piece of construction material (such as laminated rock) prepared as a shingle for roofing and siding
slate
noun(slate)
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
slate
noun(slate)
a tablet (as of slate) used for writing on
slate
verb(slate)
to cover (something) with slate or a slatelike substance
slate
verb(slate)
to designate (someone or something) for a specified purpose or action occurring especially at a fixed time
slate
verb(slate)
to thrash or pummel severely
slate
verb(slate)
to criticize or censure severely
slate
noun(slate)
a nearly neutral slightly purplish black
slate
noun(slate)
a grayish-blue color
slate
noun(slate)
a bluish-gray color
slate
noun(slate)
tabula rasa
slate
noun(slate)
a person's record (as from a school or a job) that shows no evidence of any problems, broken rules, etc. : a clean record
slate
idiom(slate)
to forget all the things that have happened or been done and start doing something again : to start again from the very beginning

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