slate roof covering

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• slate — [[t]sle͟ɪt[/t]] slates, slating, slated 1) N UNCOUNT: oft N n Slate is a dark grey rock that can be easily split into thin layers. Slate is often used for covering roofs. ... a stone built cottage, with a traditional slate roof. 2) N COUNT A… …   English dictionary

• roof — [[t]ru͟ːf[/t]] ♦♦♦ roofs (The plural can be pronounced [[t]ru͟ːfs[/t]] or [[t]ru͟ːvz[/t]].) 1) N COUNT The roof of a building is the covering on top of it that protects the people and things inside from the weather. ...a small stone cottage with… …   English dictionary

• Slate — is a fine grained, foliated, , metamorphic rock derived from an original shale type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low grade regional metamorphism. The result is a foliated rock in which the foliation may not correspond …   Wikipedia

• roof — rooflike, adj. /roohf, roof/, n., pl. roofs, v. n. 1. the external upper covering of a house or other building. 2. a frame for supporting this: an open timbered roof. 3. the highest part or summit: The Himalayas are the roof of the world. 4.… …   Universalium

• slate — slate1 [sleıt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(rock)¦ 2¦(on a roof)¦ 3 slate blue/grey 4¦(politics)¦ 5¦(for writing on)¦ 6 put something on the slate ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: esclat thin piece split off , from esclater to burst, splinter ] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• roof — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ conical, flat, gabled, mansard, pitched, pointed, sloped (esp. AmE), sloping, steep ▪ corruga …   Collocations dictionary

• slate — 1 noun 1 ROCK (U) a dark grey rock that can easily be split into flat thin pieces: a slate mine 2 ON A ROOF (C) one of the small pieces of slate or similar material used for covering roofs: There were several slates missing from the roof. 3 slate …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• slate — I UK [sleɪt] / US noun Word forms slate : singular slate plural slates 1) [uncountable] a type of dark grey stone that breaks easily into flat thin pieces a) [countable] a single flat piece of slate that is used with others for covering a roof b) …   English dictionary