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    slate
    /sleɪt/

    noun

    • 1. a fine-grained grey, green, or bluish-purple metamorphic rock easily split into smooth, flat plates: "slate quarries"
    • 2. a flat plate of slate formerly used for writing on in schools: "the teacher was demonstrating, the children copying on to slates"

    verb

    • 1. cover (something, especially a roof) with slates: "he was working for his father slating a new roof"
    • 2. criticize severely: informal British "his work was slated by the critics"

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