slate-gray
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- adjective
- /sleɪt ɡreɪ/
- US
:
gris pizarra
- Straight ahead, of course, was the sea, a slate gray singularity gradually shading off into nothingness, like the mist in the cobalt sky of the painting.
- slate-gray eyes
- slate-gray color
- slate-gray sea
Examples
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A slate-gray catbird emitted its lonely mewing call to the evening.
Fiction book (2000) -
It was a beautiful scene on the river: pussy-willow sky, slate gray ice.
Fiction book (1998) -
The waves begin to grow, the ocean turns a slate gray.
Fiction book (2000) -
The slate grey color of the sky is the color of the water.
Fiction book (1991) -
But the focus was empty: the only thing there was kilometers of barren slope between the walls and the slate-gray lake.
Fiction book (2000) -
It was early on a slate-gray morning, a fine corn snow sifting from the sky.
Fiction book (1999) -
Across the pond, the sun peeked through the Panhandle dust over a low line of slate-gray clouds.
Fiction book (1999) -
Another agent joined the small circle, a taller, older man with slate-gray eyebrows and a harassed expression.
Fiction book (1996) -
Jobber saw the slate gray of Faul's eyes and felt the fury coiled in the woman's shoulders.
Fiction book (1991) -
The waves begin to grow, the ocean turns a slate-gray.
Synonyms
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1.0
A color between black and white like a cloudy sky
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1.0
A very deep grey color that reflects little light
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2.0
Gray with a little blue like the sky before a storm
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3.5
A dark grey color with a slight blue or purple tone
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2.7
A color that is mainly blue with some gray
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3.1
A very dark gray like the color of charcoal
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2.5
A grey color with a touch of blue
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3.9
A dark grey color like iron
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3.4
A blue color like the sky when clouds make it less bright
A dark gray color like the stone slate
A gray-blue color like a flat rock often used on roofs
A gray color with a touch of blue
Having a dark, flat, smooth look like the rock used for roofs
A dull gray color like stone or slate
A dark blue-grey color artists use in painting
A dark color with a little purple or blue used in painting
Having the gray color or look of stone
A dark gray color that looks almost black
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Etymology
Slate-gray comes from the rock slate, a flat stone often used for roofs and known for its 'dark bluish-gray' color, so slate-gray means the color of that stone.