slate
noun
[ sleɪt ]
• a fine-grained grey, green, or bluish-purple metamorphic rock easily split into smooth, flat plates.
• "slate quarries"
• 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"
slate
verb
• cover (something, especially a roof) with slates.
• "he was working for his father slating a new roof"
• criticize severely.
• "his work was slated by the critics"
Similar:
criticize harshly,
attack,
pillory,
lambast,
condemn,
flay,
savage,
shoot down,
revile,
vilify,
pan,
knock,
tear/pull/take to pieces,
take/pull apart,
crucify,
hammer,
slam,
do a hatchet job on,
bash,
give something a battering,
roast,
skewer,
maul,
throw brickbats at,
rubbish,
slag off,
monster,
trash,
pummel,
bag,
slash,
excoriate,
• schedule; plan.
• "London shows are slated for late June"
• identify (a take in a film) using a slate.
• "the assistant cameraman is about to slate the scene"
Origin:
Middle English sclate, sklate, shortening of Old French esclate, feminine synonymous with esclat ‘piece broken off’ (see slat).
