ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Slaty

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈsleɪti/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Slaty is an adjective meaning Resembling the rock slate.

Meaning

Resembling the rock slate.

More Meanings

  1. Of a light grey colour as slate.

Example Sentences

But snow had now begun to fall out of a forbiddingly slaty-grey sky, and this seemed to depress both engine and crew.
Their faces and hands were yellow as saffron; their small and slaty eyes were set obliquely beneath lashless lids; and their thin lips, which smiled eternally, were crooked. as the blades of scimitars.

Word Forms

Synonyms for slaty

Depending on context, synonyms include hard, achromatic, colorless, slatey.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include colorless, achromatic, slatey, hard, gray, granitelike.

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