Phrase Hound found 62 phrases and 15 compound words that contain slate. The most common are listed below. Open slate in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 62
- clean slateA fresh start.
- slate grayA dark bluish grey colour.
- slate blueA dark, bluish-grey colour.
- slate pencilA pencil designed to be used on a writing slate.
- blank slateSomething that is clear and empty, or free from preconceptions and biases.
- slate greyAlternative form of slate gray: A dark bluish grey colour.
- magic slateA children's drawing toy with a sheet of plastic film laid over waxed paper, allowing pictures to be "drawn" by the pressure of a stylus and then wiped clean by lifting and replacing the sheet.
- slate writingAutomatic writing on a slate by a medium, supposed to be produced by spirits.
- Collyweston slateA traditional roofing material found in central England, a form of limestone (not true slate).
- slate blackA purplish black colour.
- alum slateA slate consisting mainly of clay, iron pyrites, and coaly matter, from which alum is obtained.
- wipe the slate cleanTo make a fresh start, for example by forgetting about previous differences and disagreements.
- clay slateAn argillaceous rock that splits readily into thin sheets.
- drawing slateA soft, slaty board formerly used to learn drawing.
- end slateSynonym of end board: A section of the board between the corners in each end of the rink,
- horn slateA gray siliceous stone.
- log slateA double slate, marked and ruled on the inside, for recording the log.
- slate bluesplural of slate blue: A dark, bluish-grey colour.
- slate looseSynonym of screw loose (“state of insanity or eccentricity”).
- slate purpleA dull grayish purple.
- slate whiteSynonym of white lead, particularly as used in paints.
- slate writerA medium who produces slate writing.
- slate writersplural of slate writer: A medium who produces slate writing.
- tail slateSynonym of end board: A section of the board between the corners in each end of the rink,
- slate pencilsplural of slate pencil: A pencil designed to be used on a writing slate.
Compound words 15
- slaterOne who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
- slatenMade of slate.
- digislateA computer resembling a slate or tablet.
- reslateTo replace the slates of.
- slatelessDevoid of slates.
- slatestoneslate
- unslateTo remove slates from.
- slatefulThe amount (of writing, etc.) that a slate will hold.
- slatelikeResembling slate.
- slateworksA factory where slate products are manufactured.