a fine-grained grey, green, or bluish-purple metamorphic rock easily split into smooth, flat plates

slate quarries

a slate floor

a flat plate of slate formerly used for writing on in schools

the teacher was demonstrating, the children copying on to slates

a bluish-grey colour

suits of slate grey

a list of candidates for election to a post or office, typically a group sharing a set of political views

candidates on the left's slate won 74 per cent of constituency votes

a board showing the identifying details of a take in a film, held in front of the camera at the beginning and end of the take

the electronic time-code system allowed us to shoot with or without conventional slates

cover (something, especially a roof) with slates

he was working for his father slating a new roof

a slated roof

criticize severely

his work was slated by the critics

schedule; plan

London shows are slated for late June

construction is slated to begin late next year

identify (a take in a film) using a slate

the assistant cameraman is about to slate the scene