slate
25
9.9
- noun
- /sleɪt/
- Archaic
:
tablilla de pizarra
- Bithras produced his slate from a shirt pouch and placed it before her.
- a blank slate
- a clean slate
- slate and stylus
When they were talking, it was like high school, which for these two guys involved reading to learn off Slate tablets between harvests.
- When they were talking, it was like high school, which for these two guys involved reading to learn off Slate tablets between harvests.
- A schoolmaster who scolds a boy about his slate and pencil but doesn't hear his blunders in grammar and diction.
- Then think of the slate used especially in schools, not exclusively and once again with the advantage of erasability.
Examples
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In the classroom, he practiced his spelling on a small slate.
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The destructive winds provided Greensburg with a clean slate upon which the community could rebuild.
Academic text (2011) -
Good, now get your writing slates out.
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"But my sums are correct, as you can see." Lucian held out a slate covered with figures.
Fiction book (1995) -
An hour after arriving at Shinktown, Charles had recorded, "You left your slate in my bag."
Fiction book (1993) -
Irish narrator R. J. Robson, for example, heated a writing slate in the fire.
Academic text (1999) -
I also found that I could Braille information on the card with a slate and stylus.
Academic text (2001) -
Then he pulls a child's slate out of one of his pockets and writes in chalk:
Fiction book (1995) -
The teacher handed each student a slate for their lessons.
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Children would write their math problems on a slate before showing their answers.
Synonyms
180
1.0
A single flat sheet used for writing or printing
50
1.8
A flat pad of paper used for writing or drawing
2
1.0
Small sheets of paper for short notes or letters
1
1.0
Thin paper you use to write letters by hand
1
2.8
A book of blank pages for drawing
1
1.1
A pad of paper for making notes or short messages
1
2.3
A small pad of blank paper for quick notes and sketches
1
2.2
A piece of paper used for quick notes or rough calculations
A flat light board you hold on your lap to write on when you have no desk
A small notebook for writing quick notes or doing math
Idioms
Compounds
- Archaic
A thin stick of soft stone that people use to write on a slate in old classrooms
A group of people who regularly put money into a shared fund and get it before Christmas
How Portable
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word slate for a small writing tablet comes from using thin pieces of the rock slate as school boards you could write on and then wipe clean.