Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Slates collectively.

    the act of laying slates for a roof

  2. (countable, uncountable)Material for slating.

  3. (countable, informal, uncountable)A harsh criticism.

    His new book got a real slating.

Forms

plural: slatings
Singularslating
Pluralslatings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • thin layers of rock used for roofing:slate

Word family

1 related words
Relatedslate

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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