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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
- Sarah Kurnick: "Aliens built the pyramids" and other absurdities of pseudo-archaeology
The Maya man who lived across the street made slate carvings to sell to tourists.
- Definition summary
- (countable) A flake or piece of certain types of stone that tend to cleave into thin layers.
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How to pronounce slate
Sarah Kurnick: "Aliens built the pyramids" and other absurdities of pseudo-archaeology
The Maya man who lived across the street made slate carvings to sell to tourists.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “slate”
Meaning
- [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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