Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 4 compound words that contain slates. The most common are listed below. Open slates in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- blank slatesplural of blank slate: Something that is clear and empty, or free from preconceptions and biases.
- clay slatesplural of clay slate: An argillaceous rock that splits readily into thin sheets.
- clean slatesplural of clean slate: A fresh start.
- end slatesplural of end slate: A section of the board between the corners in each end of the rink,
- horn slatesplural of horn slate: A gray siliceous stone.
- log slatesplural of log slate: A double slate, marked and ruled on the inside, for recording the log.
- magic slatesplural of magic slate: A 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.
- polishing slatesplural of polishing slate: A mineral used for polishing glass, marble, and metals, composed chiefly of silica, with a little alumina, lime, iron oxide, and water.
- slates looseplural of slate loose: Synonym of screw loose (“state of insanity or eccentricity”).
- tail slatesplural of tail slate: A section of the board between the corners in each end of the rink,
- whet slatesplural of whet slate: A variety of slate used for sharpening cutting instruments; novaculite; oilstone.
- chiastolite slatesplural of chiastolite slate: A rock formed by contact metamorphism of carbonaceous shale, characterized by prominent cleavage or schistosity and the presence of conspicuous chiastolite crystals in a fine-grained groundmass.
- Collyweston slatesplural of Collyweston slate: A traditional roofing material found in central England, a form of limestone (not true slate).
Compound words 4
- translatesplural of translate: Senses relating to the change of information, etc., from one form to another.
- digislatesplural of digislate: A computer resembling a slate or tablet.
- endslatesplural of endslate: A section of the board between the corners in each end of the rink,
- slatestonesplural of slatestone: slate