Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who makes or lays slates; one whose occupation is the roofing of buildings with slate.
- n. A general name of cursorial isopods. Slaters proper, or wood-slaters, also called wood-lice, hog-lice, and sow-bugs, are terrestrial oniscids, of the family Oniscidæ, as the British Porcellio scaber. Box-slaters are Idoteidæ; water-slaters are Asellidæ, as the gribble, Limnoria terebrans; shield-slaters belong to the genus Cassidina; globeslaters to Sphæroma. The cheliferous slaters are Tanaidæ. See the technical names, and cuts under
Oniscus and Isopoda. - n. A tool, with blade of slate, used for fleshing or slating hides.
Wiktionary
- n. One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
- n. Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a sow bug.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
- n. (Zoöl.) Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a sow bug.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats
Examples
“That is why the slater's calling is such a noble calling; the slater is the most manifest picture of how Providence holds the man who works at an honest profession safe in its hands.”
“slater' (and that's how Carrie says it) - however I've heard Corin say it the same as you do, which makes me very confused ...”
“Perhaps the Blubbering Conservidiot Sniveling Moron Class are not interested in enlightenedi discussion – just in creating tea-bagging/birther hysteria and anger. jt slater”
“I am sure you can imagine this didn't go down too well. matt925b slater”
“I loved the scene when elena finished of this slater person.”
“Amy Kathryn said ... tops on my list are hugh jackman, sean connery, and christian slater.”
“Gmail Manager text in status bar is invisible. slater”
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“You just need more bread, chicken, sandwiches or pesto ingrediants. sir_pantsalot slater”
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“We want to shout "It's been great!" and grab a beer and slater on out of there.”
The Washington Post: The Jet Blue flight attendant -- and pulling a Slater
“And I'm quite happy about it becase The Tudors was really well done and I enjoyed it a lot. slater”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘slater’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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Russian Doll Words
A Russian Doll word is a word that, when you remove the first and last letters, is either the empty string, or a Russian Doll word. These are all of the 6 or more letter Russian Doll words found in...
waspiness, upraisers, strainers, sporangia, raspiness, prelatess, methanals, gaspiness, washings, uprisers, upraises, upraiser and 2373 more...
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Last Names That Are Professions
Let's keep this to reasonably well known family names that are or used to be professions, trades, or arts.
fletcher, chandler, goldsmith, carpenter, cook, baker, draper, smith, mason, carter, cooper, mercer and 35 more...
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Archaic Occupations
Some of these professions still exist today but the word for them has changed; some (mason or boatswain, for example), are still in use but are included for their rich historical associations. Som...
yeoman, summoner, chandler, ostler, carter, chapman, slaver, mason, cordwainer, cooper, glazier, dyer and 187 more...
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Legged
Animals with lots of legs.
millipede, pissabed, iniquity, shongololo, myriapod, polypod, centipede, peripatus, onychophoran, chilopod, pselaphognath, scolopendra and 24 more...
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Sog's Ark
Unlike Noah, I have only one of each animal.
salamander, panther, aardvark, leopard, elver, weasel, cheetah, orang utan, snail, parakeet, slater, scarab and 23 more...
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Reverse Dictionary Chain
I am finding use for the 'reverse dictionary" by seeing how long my reverse dictionary chain will survive.
truth, abstract, synopsis, table, billiards, cannon, splint, immobilize, wrestling, preliminary, preamble, whereas and 77 more...
Tweets
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garyth123 "it's better than a slater up yer nose" is a Scottish saying that i would often hear when i was growing up. Dec 7, 2008
sonofgroucho These are also called wood lice where we are. Nov 11, 2007