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• slat — (n.) late 14c., a roofing slate, from O.Fr. esclat split piece, splinter, back formation from esclater to break, splinter, burst, probably from Frankish *slaitan to tear, slit, related to O.H.G. slizan, O.E. slitan (see SLIT (Cf. slit) (v.)).… …   Etymology dictionary

• slat — noun a thin, narrow piece of wood or other material, especially one of a series which overlap or fit into each other, as in a Venetian blind. Derivatives slatted adjective Origin ME (in the sense roofing slate ): shortening of OFr. esclat… …   English new terms dictionary

• slate — [[t]sleɪt[/t]] n. v. slat•ed, slat•ing 1) pet a fine grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usu. at an angle to the planes of stratification 2) pet a thin piece or plate… …   From formal English to slang

• slate — slate1 [slāt] n. [ME sclate < OFr esclate, fem. of esclat: see SLAT1] 1. a hard, fine grained, metamorphic rock, typically formed from shale, that cleaves naturally into thin, smooth surfaced layers 2. a thin piece of slate or slatelike… …   English World dictionary

• Chet Holifield Federal Building — The Chet Holifield Federal Building is a courthouse of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California constructed in Laguna Niguel, California between 1968 and 1971. It is managed by the General Services Administration …   Wikipedia

• clapboard — Synonyms and related words: Formica, Masonite, asphalt, beam, billet, blacktop, board, boarding, brick, canvas, carpeting, cobblestone, concrete, cord, cordwood, cork tile, deal, driftwood, fiber glass, firewood, flag, flagging, flagstone,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• slate — n., v., & adj. n. 1 a fine grained grey, green, or bluish purple metamorphic rock easily split into flat smooth plates. 2 a piece of such a plate used as roofing material. 3 a piece of such a plate used for writing on, usu. framed in wood. 4 the… …   Useful english dictionary

• Adhesive slate — Slate Slate (sl[=a]t), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a shiver, splinter, F. [ e]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to chip, F. [ e]clater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split, fr. sl[=i]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See {Slit}, v. t., and cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Alum slate — Slate Slate (sl[=a]t), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a shiver, splinter, F. [ e]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to chip, F. [ e]clater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split, fr. sl[=i]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See {Slit}, v. t., and cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Aluminous slate — Slate Slate (sl[=a]t), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a shiver, splinter, F. [ e]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to chip, F. [ e]clater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split, fr. sl[=i]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See {Slit}, v. t., and cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Bituminous slate — Slate Slate (sl[=a]t), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a shiver, splinter, F. [ e]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to chip, F. [ e]clater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split, fr. sl[=i]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See {Slit}, v. t., and cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English