Slates
name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of slate form-of, plural
Verb
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of slate form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
- 2 plural of Slate form-of, plural
Example
More examples"I do come home at Christmas. We all do, or we all should. We all come home, or ought to come home, for a short holiday — the longer, the better — from the great boarding-school, where we are forever working at our arithmetical slates, to take, and give a rest."
Etymology
Variant of Slate.
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