slate

The definition of slate is a hard rock that splits into smooth layers, or a list of people running for an office.

(noun)

Slate is defined as to schedule or put on a list.

(verb)

An example of to slate is an item being put on a meeting agenda.

See slate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a hard, fine-grained, metamorphic rock, typically formed from shale, that cleaves naturally into thin, smooth-surfaced layers
a thin piece of slate or slatelike material, esp. one used as a roofing tile or as a tablet for writing on with chalk
the bluish-gray color of most slate
also slate blue
☆ a list of candidates proposed for nomination or election

Origin: ME sclate < OFr esclate, fem. of esclat: see slat

transitive verb slated, slating

to cover with slate
☆ to put on a list or designate, as for candidacy, appointment, engagement, etc.; choose or schedule

transitive verb slated, slating

Origin: prob. < ON sleita, strife (akin to OE slætan, to bait, torment)

See slate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A fine-grained metamorphic rock that splits into thin, smooth-surfaced layers.
a. A piece of this rock cut for use as roofing or surfacing material or as a writing surface.
b. A writing tablet made of a similar material.
A record of past performance or activity: start over with a clean slate.
A list of the candidates of a political party running for various offices.
A dark or bluish gray to dark bluish or dark purplish gray.

adjective

transitive verb slat·ed, slat·ing, slates

To cover (a roof, for example) with slate.
To put on a list of candidates.
To schedule or designate: Our professor has slated the art history lecture for Thursday afternoon; was slated to direct the studio's next film.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English sclate

Origin: , from Old French esclate, splinter

Origin: , feminine of esclat; see slat

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