slate

slate is a 5-letter English word with 18 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
2. transitive verb. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
3. transitive verb. A prepared piece of such stone.
4. transitive verb. A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc.
5. transitive verb. A tablet for writing upon.
6. transitive verb. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes.
7. transitive verb. A thin plate of any material; a flake.
8. transitive verb. A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand.
9. transitive verb. To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe.
10. transitive verb. To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment.
11. transitive verb. To set a dog upon; to bait; to slat. See 2d Slat, 3.
12. noun. (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate
13. noun. a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices

    Synonyms: ticket

14. noun. a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers
15. noun. thin layers of rock used for roofing

    Synonyms: slating

16. verb. designate or schedule

    "He slated his talk for 9 AM"

    "She was slated to be his successor"

17. verb. cover with slate

    "slate the roof"

18. verb. enter on a list or slate for an election

    "He was slated for borough president"

Synonyms

ticket, slating

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in slate:

astel, lates, least, salet, setal, stael, stale, steal, stela, taels, tales, teals, tesla

Common word forms

slated, slater, slates, slating, slateful

Words from these letters

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