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    slate
    [slāt]
    noun
    slate (noun) · slates (plural noun)
    1. a fine-grained gray, green, or bluish metamorphic rock easily split into smooth, flat pieces:
      "slate quarries" · "a slate floor"
      • a flat piece of slate used as roofing material:
        "a loose slate falls from the roof" · "a gray slate roof"
    2. 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 small portable computer that accepts input directly on to its screen rather than via a keyboard or mouse; a tablet computer:
        "after getting our hands on one this afternoon, we found that it’s a solid, well-performing slate that’s easy on the eyes"
    3. a bluish-gray color:
      "suits of slate gray"
    4. 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"
      • NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
        a range of something offered:
        "the company has revealed details of a $60 million slate of film productions"
    5. 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
    slate (verb) · slates (third person present) · slated (past tense) · slated (past participle) · slating (present participle)
    1. cover (something, especially a roof) with slates:
      "he was working for his father slating a new roof" · "a slated roof"
    2. BRITISH ENGLISH
      informal
      criticize severely:
      "his work was slated by the critics"
    3. NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
      (be slated)
      schedule; plan:
      "renovations are slated for late June" · "construction is slated to begin late next year"
      • nominate (someone) as a candidate for an office or post:
        "I understand that I am being slated for promotion"
    4. identify (a movie take) using a slate:
      "the assistant cameraman is about to slate the scene"
    Origin
    Middle English sclate, sklate, shortening of Old French esclate, feminine synonymous with esclat ‘piece broken off’ (see slat).
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