slate

1. A flake or piece of certain types of stone that tend to cleave into thin layers.

   (countable, uncountable)A piece of such stone, usually cut into a rectangular shape, used as a tile for flooring, roofing, etc.; (uncountable) such tiles collectively, or the material from which they are made.

   Dachschiefer, Dachschindel, Schieferplatte

   ши́ферšífer, ши́ферная плита́šífernaja plitá

2. (countable, uncountable)A piece of other material used as a roofing tile.

   thin layers of rock used for roofing

3. (broadly, countable, uncountable)A generally rectangular piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on with a thin rod of the same or another stone (a slate pencil) or with chalk; a small chalkboard.

   Schiefertafel, Tafel

   гри́фельная доска́grífelʹnaja doská

   гри́фельна до́шкаhrýfelʹna dóška, гри́фельна табли́чкаhrýfelʹna tablýčka

4. (broadly, countable, uncountable)Synonym of tablet computer (“a hand-held portable computer in the form of a tablet with a touch screen interface”).

5. Synonym of clapperboard (“a device consisting of a board on which information about a film being recorded is noted, and a hinged piece which is brought down on the board with a clap at the start and end of each take of the film; it is used to synchronize picture and sound during editing”).

   (broadly, countable, uncountable)A sequentially numbered session of recording a film.

6. (broadly, countable, uncountable)Information about a film recording which is inserted at the start of the recording, or printed on a videotape label etc.

7. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A record, for example, of money owed.

   Put it on my slate—I’ll pay you next week.

   Schuldentafel

   долгова́я кни́гаdolgovája kníga, счётsčot

8. (US, countable, figuratively, uncountable)A range of things; also, a schedule.

9. (US, countable, figuratively, uncountable)A collection of films released during a certain period, either from one studio or from a certain film industry (such as Hollywood) as a whole.

10. (US, countable, figuratively, uncountable)A group or list of candidates for appointment or election to an office; also, a group of candidates or electors with affiliated political views.

    Liste, Kandidatenliste

    спи́сок

    a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices

11. (uncountable)A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.

    Plattenschiefer, Schiefer, Schieferplatte

    аспи́дaspíd, аспи́дный сла́нецaspídnyj slánec, ши́ферšífer

    лупа́кlupák, сла́нецьslánecʹ

    a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers

12. A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.

    (uncountable)The bluish-grey colour of most slate (etymology 1, noun sense 4).

    Anthrazit, Blaugrau, Schiefergrau

    ши́ферšífer

1. Tom is slated to return in October.

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2. Tom is slated to come back in October.

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3. Let's scrap everything and start again with a clean slate.

   ruДавай всё бросим и начнём с чистого листа. — marafon

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4. Let's throw it away and start over with a clean slate.

   ruДавайте отбросим это и начнём с чистого листа. — AntonKhorev

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5. I quit my job and moved so I could start off with a clean slate.

   Я звільнився з роботи, і переїхав, щоб усе розпочати із чистого аркуша. — ChickenKiev

   ruЯ уволился с работы и переехал, чтобы начать жизнь с чистого листа. — Ivanovb

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