Synonym: slating, ticket. Similar words: translate, legislator, legislation, legislative, translation, legislature, late, later. Meaning: [sleɪt] 
n. 1. (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate 2. thin layers of rock used for roofing 3. a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers 4. a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices. v. 1. designate or schedule 2. enter on a list or slate for an election 3. cover with slate.
n. 1. (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate 2. thin layers of rock used for roofing 3. a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers 4. a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices. v. 1. designate or schedule 2. enter on a list or slate for an election 3. cover with slate. 
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91) He was particularly delighted by the hearth - a seven-foot-by-three slate slab - probably a gravestone, he thought.
92) It need not cost much to replace a slate or clean a gutter.
93) All can be used with tile-covered roofs, or as a contrast, with slate roofs.
94) Many academics really do believe that all of us are now beginning once again with a clean slate.
95) But, today, she gave almost pious attention to every scrape of the slate pencil.
96) Best Director nominees usually parallel the Best Picture slate with one exception.
97) The most commonly used rocks are those composed of silica, quartz, granite, slate, and other similarly stable materials.
98) Not withstanding this, we have an immediate need to protect our property from the moment the slate falls.
99) Matching long-line briefs, ￡19, s, m, l, Also in classic navy and slate grey.
100) We must start wiping the slate clean of all such inner accounting.
101) Because the sun shone so brightly the slate roof blazed like a slab of silver.
102) Ranks of houses stretched away into the distance like waves breaking on a rocky shore, their slate roofs glistening.
103) The new-born child is virtually a clean slate, to be written on by the world.
104) The giant slate quarries and tips of waste rock at Llanberis and Bethesda are great scars on the landscape.
105) A material so light as to be virtually indistinguishable from natural slate.
106) Dorchester Terrace was a row of tall red houses with sloping slate roofs.
107) The nuts are dropped in the pot, and a slate placed over its opening, camouflaged with earth or leaves.
108) Llanberis has changed from being a slate quarrying town to being a tourist centre.
109) Slate or quarry tiles and faded rugs complete the look.
110) The little girl opposite is copying her numbers carefully from the blackboard on to her slate.
111) You could probably sell the slate, if you can find a buyer.
112) It would be nice if we could wipe the slate clean and start over.
113) It depended for its prosperity on the local slate quarries and when these ran into trouble so did the railway.
114) I found the protozoan attracted in large numbers to slate panels we deliberately left at vents for one year and then recovered.
115) Start with a clean slate.
116) We hired him because of his clean slate.
116) Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and make good sentences.
117) Let's just wipe the slate clean the new year.
118) Tangerine instead of orange . For a clean slate?
119) You must have a slate loose this morning.
120) No slate can acquiesce to such breaches of order.
More similar words: translate, legislator, legislation, legislative, translation, legislature, late, later, plate, lately, latent, relate, isolate, related, emulate, violate, isolated, percolate, regulate, calculate, chocolate, insulated, stimulate, coagulate, speculate, manipulate, articulate, immaculate, contemplate, congratulate.