After getting downsized he started off on a clean slate and started a business working out of a home office.
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Slate
//sleɪt//
Synonyms for "slate" (164 found)
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Strong matches (49)
Related words (82)
Verb(28 words)
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Translations
251 translations across 39 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- أَرْدْوَاز noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- nisyə dəftəri noun (record of money owed)
Basque
1 entries- arbela noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
Bulgarian
4 entries- листа noun (group or list of candidates for appointment or election to an office; group of candidates or electors with affiliated political views)
- покривна плоча noun (piece of such stone used as a tile for flooring, roofing, etc.; such tiles collectively; material from which they are made)
- шиста noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
- критикувам остро verb (to criticize or critique (an author or a work) harshly)
Catalan
4 entries- llicorella noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
- llosa noun (piece of such stone used as a tile for flooring, roofing, etc.; such tiles collectively; material from which they are made)
- pissarra noun (piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on)
- pissarra noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 板岩 noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
Czech
4 entries- břidlice noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
- břidlicová tabulka noun (piece of such stone used as a tile for flooring, roofing, etc.; such tiles collectively; material from which they are made)
- břidlicová tabulka noun (piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on)
- kandidátka noun (group or list of candidates for appointment or election to an office; group of candidates or electors with affiliated political views)
Dutch
4 entries- leigrijs adj (having the bluish-grey colour of slate — see also blue-gray, slate blue, slate gray)
- bon noun (record of money owed)
- kandidatenlijst noun (group or list of candidates for appointment or election to an office; group of candidates or electors with affiliated political views)
- lei noun (piece of such stone used as a tile for flooring, roofing, etc.; such tiles collectively; material from which they are made)
Farefare
1 entries- gʋlsɩgɔ dɔɔgɔ noun (piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on)
Finnish
4 entries- liuskeenharmaa adj (having the bluish-grey colour of slate — see also blue-gray, slate blue, slate gray)
- ehdokaslista noun (group or list of candidates for appointment or election to an office; group of candidates or electors with affiliated political views)
- elokuvakokoelma noun (collection of films released during a certain period)
- filmin alkun lisättävät tiedot noun (information about a film recording which is inserted at the start of the recording)
French
4 entries- ardoise noun (piece of such stone used as a tile for flooring, roofing, etc.; such tiles collectively; material from which they are made)
- ardoise noun (piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on)
- ardoise noun (record of money owed)
- ardoise noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
German
4 entries- schiefergrau adj (having the bluish-grey colour of slate — see also blue-gray, slate blue, slate gray)
- Anthrazit noun (bluish-grey colour of most slate — see also blue-gray, slate blue, slate gray)
- Blaugrau noun (bluish-grey colour of most slate — see also blue-gray, slate blue, slate gray)
- Dachschiefer noun (piece of such stone used as a tile for flooring, roofing, etc.; such tiles collectively; material from which they are made)
Greek
4 entries- σχιστόλιθος adj (having the bluish-grey colour of slate — see also blue-gray, slate blue, slate gray)
- πλάκα noun (piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on)
- πλακίδιο noun (piece of such stone used as a tile for flooring, roofing, etc.; such tiles collectively; material from which they are made)
- σχιστόλιθος noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
Hindi
2 entries- स्लेट noun (piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on)
- स्लेट noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
Hungarian
4 entries- palaszürke adj (having the bluish-grey colour of slate — see also blue-gray, slate blue, slate gray)
- agyagpala noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
- jelölőlista noun (group or list of candidates for appointment or election to an office; group of candidates or electors with affiliated political views)
- pala noun (piece of such stone used as a tile for flooring, roofing, etc.; such tiles collectively; material from which they are made)
Irish
4 entries- scláta noun (piece of such stone used as a tile for flooring, roofing, etc.; such tiles collectively; material from which they are made)
- scláta noun (piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on)
- scláta noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
- slinn noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
Italian
4 entries- ardesia adj (having the bluish-grey colour of slate — see also blue-gray, slate blue, slate gray)
- grigio ardesia adj (having the bluish-grey colour of slate — see also blue-gray, slate blue, slate gray)
- a credito noun (record of money owed)
- ardesia noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
Japanese
2 entries- 石板 noun (piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on)
- 粘板岩 noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
Korean
1 entries- 점판암 noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
Latvian
1 entries- šīferis noun (piece of such stone used as a tile for flooring, roofing, etc.; such tiles collectively; material from which they are made)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Lee noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
Macedonian
2 entries- по́кривна пло́ча noun (piece of such stone used as a tile for flooring, roofing, etc.; such tiles collectively; material from which they are made)
- шкри́лец noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
Moore
2 entries- lagdwaase noun (piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on)
- walga noun (piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on)
Māori
2 entries- mākoha noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
- tereti noun (piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on)
Norman
4 entries- ardouaise noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
- dardaise noun (piece of such stone used as a tile for flooring, roofing, etc.; such tiles collectively; material from which they are made)
- dardaise noun (piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on)
- dardaise noun (record of money owed)
Norwegian
2 entries- skifer noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
- skiferstein noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
Persian
3 entries- پلمه adj (having the bluish-grey colour of slate — see also blue-gray, slate blue, slate gray)
- نامزدنامه noun (group or list of candidates for appointment or election to an office; group of candidates or electors with affiliated political views)
- پلمه noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
Polish
1 entries- łupek noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
Portuguese
4 entries- ardósia noun (piece of such stone used as a tile for flooring, roofing, etc.; such tiles collectively; material from which they are made)
- ardósia noun (piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on)
- ardósia noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
- conta noun (record of money owed)
Romanian
4 entries- ardezie noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
- ardezie noun (bluish-grey colour of most slate — see also blue-gray, slate blue, slate gray)
- cont noun (record of money owed)
- listă electorală noun (group or list of candidates for appointment or election to an office; group of candidates or electors with affiliated political views)
Russian
4 entries- аспи́д noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
- аспи́дный сла́нец noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
- гри́фельная доска́ noun (piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on)
- долгова́я кни́га noun (record of money owed)
Slovak
3 entries- bridlica noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
- bridlicová tabuľka noun (piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on)
- byť predurčený verb ((transitive) to expect (something) with a (strong) degree of certainty — see also anticipate, predict)
Spanish
4 entries- cuenta noun (record of money owed)
- pizarra noun (piece of such stone used as a tile for flooring, roofing, etc.; such tiles collectively; material from which they are made)
- pizarra noun (piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on)
- pizarra noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
Swedish
4 entries- skiffergrå adj (having the bluish-grey colour of slate — see also blue-gray, slate blue, slate gray)
- griffeltavla noun (piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on)
- krita noun (record of money owed)
- skiffer noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
Turkish
4 entries- aday listesi noun (group or list of candidates for appointment or election to an office; group of candidates or electors with affiliated political views)
- arduvaz noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
- dam taşı noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
- kayağan taşı noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
Ukrainian
4 entries- гри́фельна до́шка noun (piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on)
- гри́фельна табли́чка noun (piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on)
- лупа́к noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
- сла́нець noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
Volapük
4 entries- slet noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
- sletagliv noun (piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on)
- sletaköl noun (bluish-grey colour of most slate — see also blue-gray, slate blue, slate gray)
- sletot noun (piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on)
Walloon
3 entries- ardweze noun (piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on)
- schaye noun (piece of such stone used as a tile for flooring, roofing, etc.; such tiles collectively; material from which they are made)
- schaye noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
Welsh
4 entries- llech noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
- llechen noun (piece of such stone used as a tile for flooring, roofing, etc.; such tiles collectively; material from which they are made)
- llechen noun (piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on)
- llechfaen noun (fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock)
Sample sentences
36 total sentences available.
The grass was left long and weedy in the slate walk, and very often he wasn't cutting the grass on the other side of the hedge by the road at all.
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Let's scrap everything and start over again with a clean slate.
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Let's throw it away and start over with a clean slate.
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