Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling slate.

Etymologies

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slate +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Until there is a small slatelike device that can capture ink like the Tablet PC, I will probably never feel that it's suitable for the kinds of things my Mokeskines are. posted by dave at 11:20 PM

    How the Moleskine Rocked My World dave gray 2005

  • When he woke from the dream there was a red line on the eastern horizon; the sun glowed for a moment and then passed above the slatelike clouds, which reddened for a little while but did not allow the sunlight through.

    Comanche Moon Larry McMurtry 1997

  • When he woke from the dream there was a red line on the eastern horizon; the sun glowed for a moment and then passed above the slatelike clouds, which reddened for a little while but did not allow the sunlight through.

    Comanche Moon Larry McMurtry 1997

  • When he woke from the dream there was a red line on the eastern horizon; the sun glowed for a moment and then passed above the slatelike clouds, which reddened for a little while but did not allow the sunlight through.

    Comanche Moon Larry McMurtry 1997

  • When he woke from the dream there was a red line on the eastern horizon; the sun glowed for a moment and then passed above the slatelike clouds, which reddened for a little while but did not allow the sunlight through.

    The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995

  • They scratched this on a slab of slatelike rock, with a sharp iron awl; and, reckoning the present day as about October first, agreed that every waking-time they would cross off one square.

    Darkness and Dawn George Allan England 1906

  • The glowing and transparent blue of twilight had long been covered by the opaque and slatelike blue of night, when he handed her into the lamp-lit interior of her home.

    The Ball and the Cross 1905

  • They'll give consumers looking for touch-screen Web devices all sorts of new options, from cheap iPad knockoffs running Google's Android software to slatelike Windows 7

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Other people have been waiting for a reasonably priced, slatelike device that's a full computer, with the ability to plug in external devices, directly load files, choose core applications and otherwise be customized.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Other people have been waiting for a reasonably priced, slatelike device that's a full computer, with the ability to plug in external devices, directly load files, choose core applications and otherwise be customized.

    The Seattle Times 2011

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