| slat | (noun) a thin strip (wood or metal) | Synonyms: spline |
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| (verb) close the slats of (windows) | - |
| (verb) equip or bar with slats | - |
| slate | (noun) (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate | - |
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| (noun) a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices | Synonyms: ticket |
| (noun) a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers | - |
| (noun) thin layers of rock used for roofing | Synonyms: slating |
| (verb) designate or schedule | - |
| (verb) cover with slate | - |
| (verb) enter on a list or slate for an election | - |
| slater | (noun) any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats | Synonyms: wood louse, woodlouse |
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| slatey | (adjective) of the color of slate or granite | Synonyms: slate-gray, slate-grey, slaty-gray, slaty-grey, slaty, stone-gray, stone-grey |
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| slather | (verb) spread thickly | - |
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| slatiness | (noun) The state or quality of being of or resembling the mineral slate. | - |
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| slating | (noun) the act of laying slates for a roof | - |
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| (noun) a severely critical attack | - |
| (noun) thin layers of rock used for roofing | Synonyms: slate |
| slattern | (noun) a dirty untidy woman | Synonyms: slovenly woman, slut, trollop |
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| (noun) a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets | Synonyms: floozie, floozy, hooker, hustler, street girl, streetwalker |
| slatternliness | (noun) in the manner of a slattern | Synonyms: sluttishness |
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| slatternly | (adjective) characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women | Synonyms: blowsy, blowzy, sluttish |
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| slaty | (adjective) of the color of slate or granite | Synonyms: slate-gray, slate-grey, slatey, slaty-gray, slaty-grey, stone-gray, stone-grey |
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