Slate
noun
- 1.
- (a kind of rock that is easily split into flat smooth plates, its bluish gray color, a thin piece of slate) roof of slate សិលាឆ្នួនសម្រាប់ប្រកផ្ទះ, writing slate ក្ដារឆ្នួន, slate of candidates បញ្ជីឈ្មោះបេក្ខជន
- 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) បញ្ជីឈ្មោះបេក្ខជន (បោះឆ្នោត)
verb — past tense: slated ; past participle: slated ; present participle: slating ;
- 1.
- ជ្រើសតាំងសម្រាប់តំណែង រំពឹងមានផែនការនឹងធ្វើ
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) ~ somebody / something (for something) (to cover with slate, to cover with this, to choose. -clean slate record of honorable conduct) slate a roof ប្រក់នឹងសិលាឆ្នួន
Example: The children used slates to write on, mother has a slatecolored suit, to slate a roof.(house is) slated (for demolition) បម្រុង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A prepared piece of such stone.
- 2.
- A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc.
- 3.
- A tablet for writing upon.
- 4.
- An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes.
- 5.
- A thin plate of any material; a flake.
- 6.
- A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand.
- 7.
- An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
verb — past tense: slated ; past participle: slated ; present participle: slating ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To set a dog upon; to bait; to slat.