"clean slate" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: clean slates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} clean slate (plural clean slates)
  1. (nautical) A slate on which the courses steered by a ship (and distances run) were recorded, but have been wiped clean after being entered in the log at the end of a watch. Categories (topical): Nautical Derived forms: start with a clean slate Related terms: wipe the slate clean, blank slate
    Sense id: en-clean_slate-en-noun-xcm2YjCa Topics: nautical, transport
  2. (by extension) A fresh start. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-clean_slate-en-noun-6922nR7j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78

Inflected forms

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        "(nautical) A slate on which the courses steered by a ship (and distances run) were recorded, but have been wiped clean after being entered in the log at the end of a watch."
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        "(by extension) A fresh start."
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