Meaning

(countable) A flake or piece of certain types of stone that tend to cleave into thin layers..

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable) A flake or piece of certain types of stone that tend to cleave into thin layers.
2. A generally rectangular piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on with a thin rod of the same or another stone (a slate pencil) or with chalk; a small chalkboard.
3. Synonym of tablet computer (“a hand-held portable computer in the form of a tablet with a touch screen interface”).
4. Synonym of clapperboard (“a device consisting of a board on which information about a film being recorded is noted, and a hinged piece which is brought down on the board with a clap at the start and end of each take of the film; it is used to synchronize picture and sound during editing”).
5. A record, for example, of money owed.
6. A range of things; also, a schedule.
7. A collection of films released during a certain period, either from one studio or from a certain film industry (such as Hollywood) as a whole.
8. A group or list of candidates for appointment or election to an office; also, a group of candidates or electors with affiliated political views.

Example Sentences

He wrote all down one side of the slate and all up the other, and then remarked--"As there's no time to finish that, The time has come to have our chat."

Hearing Steve Ballmer and others talk about the availability of Windows 8 on slates, laptops, netbooks, notebooks, and screens from 7 to 70 inches might lead us to believe that Microsoft is attempting to gain market share solely through […]

Put it on my slate—I’ll pay you next week.

The Chairman James Kaplan tended to his busy slate of record and film projects, while Mia, too, actively sought movie work, somewhat to her husband's chagrin.

If it sounds like an impossibly busy slate, it turned out to be just that.

Like many independents that have established a strong if narrow niche, Central Park says it prospers when "A" titles are in short supply, but Pascuzzi much prefers a crowded slate because of trickle-down economics.

MVL Film Finance LLC (MVL) was created to partially finance Marvel Studios' production of a slate of 10 live-action or animated films based on up to 10 of Marvel's comic book characters[…]

This overcrowded blockbuster slate has led to the death of the respectable mid-budget movie, which has arguably migrated to prestige television along with writers, directors and actors.

Word Forms

• slates
• sclate
• more slate
• most slate
• slating
• slated

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Use slate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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