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n. Plural form of slate.

v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slate.

"He climbed right up on the steeple, kicking off slates from the roof to find support."

alum slate    slate axe   

slated    slates    slating   

roof    roofing material    tablet    designate    specify    intend    destine    sedimentary rock    cross-file    register   

aluminous slate    ilfracombe slates    drawing-slate    dolgelly slates    skiddaw slates    lithographic slate    rain-spot slate    chlorite slate    lithographic slates    whet slate   

slat    slete   

slated    slating    slate black    slate pencil    slate blue    slate gray    slate grey    slaty    slate-coloured junco   

argillite    flake    bait    tablet    list    slate gray    slate grey    bill    account   

Ate    Cate    Est    Fate    Haight    Iwate    Kate    Kuwait    Nate    Solid-state   

limestone    quartz    chalk    schist    marble    gravel    brick    clay    shale    cement