slate
/sleɪt/ noun C1- A piece of such stone, usually cut into a rectangular shape, used as a tile for flooring, roofing, etc.; (uncountable) such tiles collectively, or the material from which they are made.
- A piece of other material used as a roofing tile.
- 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.
- Synonym of tablet computer (“a hand-held portable computer in the form of a tablet with a touch screen interface”).
- A sequentially numbered session of recording a film.
- Information about a film recording which is inserted at the start of the recording, or printed on a videotape label etc.
- A record, for example, of money owed. · Put it on my slate—I’ll pay you next week.
- A range of things; also, a schedule.
Plural slates
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catch hold of this rope—Will the roof bear?—Mind that loose slate—Oh, it’s coming down!
The twelve jurors were all writing very busily on slates.
Alice could see, as well as if she were looking over their shoulders, that all the jurors were writing down “stupid things!” on their slates, and she could even make out that one of them didn’t know how to spell “stupid,” and that he had to ask his neighbour to tell him.
“A nice muddle their slates’ll be in before the trial’s over!” thought Alice.
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