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How to pronounce “slate”

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Pronunciation guide for slate

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of slate with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The Winding Path of ProgressAnd most recently, you released The United Slate
Definition summary: (countable) A flake or piece of certain types of stone that tend to cleave into thin layers.

Example 1 of 8

The Winding Path of Progress

And most recently, you released The United Slate

[Noun]
(countable) A flake or piece of certain types of stone that tend to cleave into thin layers.
(countable, by extension)
(countable, figurative)
(uncountable, geology) A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.
[Adjective]
Having the bluish-grey colour of slate (noun etymology 1 sense 4).
[Verb]
(transitive)
(intransitive)

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