Slate

Quick meaning: Slate is a noun meaning (countable) A flake or piece of certain types of stone that tend to cleave into thin layers.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. Synonym of tablet computer (“a hand-held portable computer in the form of a tablet with a touch screen interface”).
2. A record, for example, of money owed.
3. A range of things; also, a schedule.
4. 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.
5. A group or list of candidates for appointment or election to an office; also, a group of candidates or electors with affiliated political views.
6. 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.
7. 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”).

Example Sentences

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

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

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."

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.

Word Forms

• slates
• slating
• slated

Synonyms for slate

Depending on context, synonyms include account, bill, tab, slating.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stone, talcose, range, roofing, plaque, shale.

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