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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "alum slate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "blank slate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "chiastolite slate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "clay slate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "clean slate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Collyweston slate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "draw a sponge over the slate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "drawing slate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "horn slate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lithographic slate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "log slate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "magic slate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "on the slate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "pass a sponge over the slate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "polishing slate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "slate black"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "slate blue"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "slate-coloured junco"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "slate gray"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "slate pencil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "slate purple"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "slate quarry"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "slate white"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "slaty"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whet slate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wipe the slate clean"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "slate"
},
"expansion": "Middle English slate",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "slat"
},
"expansion": "slat",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "slatte"
},
"expansion": "slatte",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "sclate"
},
"expansion": "sclate",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "sclatte"
},
"expansion": "sclatte",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "esclate"
},
"expansion": "Old French esclate",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "esclat"
},
"expansion": "esclat",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "éclat"
},
"expansion": "French éclat",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frk",
"3": "*slaitan",
"t": "to split, break"
},
"expansion": "Frankish *slaitan (“to split, break”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*slaitijaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *slaitijaną",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*slītaną",
"t": "to cut up, split"
},
"expansion": "*slītaną (“to cut up, split”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "éclat"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of éclat",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English slate, slat, slatte, sclate, sclatte, from Old French esclate, from esclat (French éclat), from Frankish *slaitan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slaitijaną, causative of *slītaną (“to cut up, split”). Doublet of éclat.",
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{
"form": "slates",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "slate (countable and uncountable, plural slates)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"slate"
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "basalt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "blackboard"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "chalkboard"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whiteboard"
}
],
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Geology",
"orig": "en:Geology",
"parents": [
"Earth sciences",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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{
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"Geology",
"Natural materials",
"Earth sciences",
"Materials",
"Nature",
"Sciences",
"Manufacturing",
"All topics",
"Human activity",
"Fundamental",
"Human behaviour",
"Human"
],
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}
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{
"ref": "1941 March, “Notes and News: The Demand for Slate”, in Railway Magazine, page 141",
"text": "Some of the minor Welsh 2 ft. gauge railways, we hear from Mr. N. F. G. Dalston, are enjoying a miniature boom owing to the demand for slate for the repair of damaged roofs.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1945 May and June, Charles E. Lee, “The Penrhyn Railway and its Locomotives—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 138",
"text": "The Penrhyn slate quarry possibly dates back to the sixteenth century, as it appears that in 1580 Sion Tudor asked the Bishop of Bangor for a shipload of slate.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers."
],
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"links": [
[
"geology",
"geology"
],
[
"sedimentary",
"sedimentary"
],
[
"rock",
"rock"
],
[
"clay",
"clay"
],
[
"volcanic",
"volcanic"
],
[
"ash",
"ash"
],
[
"metamorphose",
"metamorphose"
],
[
"cleave",
"cleave"
],
[
"layer",
"layer"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable, geology) A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers."
],
"senseid": [
"en:rock"
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"geography",
"geology",
"natural-sciences"
],
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{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔardwāz",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "أَرْدْوَاز"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "arbela"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "šista",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шиста"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pissarra"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "llicorella"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǎnyán",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "板岩"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "břidlice"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lei"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "leisteen"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "liuskekivi"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "saviliuske"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "liuske"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ardoise"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schiefer"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "schistólithos",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "σχιστόλιθος"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sleṭ",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "स्लेट"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "pala"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "agyagpala"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "zsindelypala"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "slinn"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scláta"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "ardesia"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"alt": "せきばん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sekiban",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "石板"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"alt": "粘板岩",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeompanam",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "점판암"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Lee"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "škrílec",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шкри́лец"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "mākoha"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"Guernsey",
"feminine"
],
"word": "dardaise"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ardouaise"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skifer"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skiferstein"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "palme",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "پلمه"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ardósia"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ardezie"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šífer",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ши́фер"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "aspídnyj slánec",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "аспи́дный сла́нец"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "aspíd",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "аспи́д"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bridlica"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pizarra"
},
{
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skiffer"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "arduvaz"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "dam taşı"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "kayağan taşı"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "kayrak"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "slet"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "schaye"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "llech"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "llechfaen"
}
]
},
{
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{
"_dis": "15 7 20 5 7 2 7 4 3 9 2 2 5 3 3 4 2 2",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Greys",
"orig": "en:Greys",
"parents": [
"Colors",
"Light",
"Vision",
"Energy",
"Senses",
"Nature",
"Perception",
"All topics",
"Body",
"Fundamental",
"Human"
],
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "slate:"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The bluish-grey colour of most slate."
],
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"links": [
[
"bluish",
"bluish"
],
[
"grey",
"grey"
],
[
"colour",
"colour"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) The bluish-grey colour of most slate."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "slate blue"
},
{
"word": "slate grey"
},
{
"word": "slate gray"
}
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "9 52 4 6 0 8 5 3 12 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "bluish-grey colour — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "leigrijs"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 52 4 6 0 8 5 3 12 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "bluish-grey colour — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ardoise"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 52 4 6 0 8 5 3 12 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bluish-grey colour — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schiefergrau"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 52 4 6 0 8 5 3 12 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "bluish-grey colour — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"word": "palaszürke"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 52 4 6 0 8 5 3 12 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bluish-grey colour — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"word": "ardesia"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 52 4 6 0 8 5 3 12 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bluish-grey colour — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"word": "grigio ardesia"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 52 4 6 0 8 5 3 12 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "bluish-grey colour — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ardezie"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 52 4 6 0 8 5 3 12 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šífer",
"sense": "bluish-grey colour — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ши́фер"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 52 4 6 0 8 5 3 12 1",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "bluish-grey colour — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"word": "sletaköl"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 52 4 6 0 8 5 3 12 1",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "bluish-grey colour — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "llwydlas"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 52 4 6 0 8 5 3 12 1",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "bluish-grey colour — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lliw llechen"
}
]
},
{
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 12",
"text": "He wrote all down one side of the slate and all up the other, and then remarked--\"As there's no time to finish that, The time has come to have our chat.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A chalkboard, sheet of slate for writing on with chalk or with a thin rod of slate (a slate pencil) formerly commonly used by both students and teachers in schools."
],
"id": "en-slate-en-noun-en:chalkboard",
"links": [
[
"chalkboard",
"chalkboard"
],
[
"chalk",
"chalk"
],
[
"slate pencil",
"slate pencil"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable) A chalkboard, sheet of slate for writing on with chalk or with a thin rod of slate (a slate pencil) formerly commonly used by both students and teachers in schools."
],
"senseid": [
"en:chalkboard"
],
"tags": [
"countable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "6 2 62 11 1 4 2 2 8 2",
"code": "ca",
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"ref": "2013, Rick Smith, Kim Miller, Shoot to Sell: Make Money Producing Special Interest Videos",
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"media",
"television"
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"word": "blank slate"
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"word": "chiastolite slate"
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{
"word": "clean slate"
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{
"word": "Collyweston slate"
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{
"word": "draw a sponge over the slate"
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{
"word": "drawing slate"
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{
"word": "horn slate"
},
{
"word": "lithographic slate"
},
{
"word": "log slate"
},
{
"word": "magic slate"
},
{
"word": "on the slate"
},
{
"word": "pass a sponge over the slate"
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{
"word": "polishing slate"
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"word": "slate black"
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"word": "slate blue"
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{
"word": "slate-coloured junco"
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"word": "slate gray"
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{
"word": "slate pencil"
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{
"word": "slate purple"
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{
"word": "slate white"
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"word": "whet slate"
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"word": "wipe the slate clean"
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{
"text": "slate:"
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"word": "slate grey"
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"word": "slate gray"
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"ref": "1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 12",
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}
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},
{
"ref": "2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Southeastern Commercial Restoration Award: Appledore”, in RAIL, number 946, pages 56–57",
"text": "The necessary works were extensive and included replacing missing and damaged slates and other roof repairs (in order to make the building watertight), pointing and drainpipe replacement, and extensive replacement of rotten floorboarding.",
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]
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"text": "Put it on my slate – I’ll pay you next week.",
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"(countable) A record of money owed."
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"word": "account"
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{
"word": "bill"
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{
"word": "tab"
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],
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]
},
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{
"ref": "2023 May 8, Jonathan Head, “Thailand election: The young radicals shaking up politics”, in BBC News (World)",
"text": "Ice is one of a slate of young, idealistic candidates for Move Forward who have joined mainstream politics in the hope that this election allows Thailand to break the cycle of military coups […]",
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}
],
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"candidate"
],
[
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"election"
]
],
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"(countable, chiefly US) A list of affiliated candidates for an election."
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"countable"
]
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},
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},
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],
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{
"ref": "2012, Chris Sells, Brandon Satrom, Don Box, Building Windows 8 Apps with JavaScript",
"text": "Hearing Steve Ballmer and others talk about the availability of Windows 8 on slates, laptops, netbooks, notebooks, and screens from 7 to 70 inches might lead us to believe that Microsoft is attempting to gain market share solely through […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A tablet computer."
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[
"tablet computer",
"tablet computer"
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],
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"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
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],
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"A clapperboard."
],
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"film",
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[
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"(film) A clapperboard."
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],
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"television"
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}
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔardwāz",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "أَرْدْوَاز"
},
{
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"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "arbela"
},
{
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "šista",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шиста"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pissarra"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "llicorella"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǎnyán",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "板岩"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "břidlice"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lei"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "liuskekivi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "saviliuske"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "liuske"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schiefer"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "schistólithos",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "σχιστόλιθος"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sleṭ",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "स्लेट"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "pala"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "agyagpala"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "zsindelypala"
},
{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scláta"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "ardesia"
},
{
"alt": "せきばん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sekiban",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "石板"
},
{
"alt": "粘板岩",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeompanam",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "점판암"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Lee"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "škrílec",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шкри́лец"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "mākoha"
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{
"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "rock",
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],
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{
"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skiferstein"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "palme",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "پلمه"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ardósia"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ardezie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šífer",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ши́фер"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "aspídnyj slánec",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "аспи́дный сла́нец"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "aspíd",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "аспи́д"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bridlica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pizarra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "rock",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skiffer"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "arduvaz"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "dam taşı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "kayağan taşı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "rock",
"word": "kayrak"
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{
"code": "vo",
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"word": "slet"
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{
"code": "wa",
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"sense": "rock",
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{
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "rock",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "llech"
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{
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "rock",
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "bluish-grey colour — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "leigrijs"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "bluish-grey colour — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ardoise"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"neuter"
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"word": "Schiefergrau"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"word": "palaszürke"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bluish-grey colour — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"word": "ardesia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bluish-grey colour — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"word": "grigio ardesia"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "bluish-grey colour — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ardezie"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ши́фер"
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{
"code": "vo",
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "bluish-grey colour — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "llwydlas"
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{
"code": "cy",
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"word": "lliw llechen"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "sheet of slate for writing on",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "nl",
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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{
"code": "gur",
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"word": "gʋlsɩgɔ dɔɔgɔ"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "sheet of slate for writing on",
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},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sheet of slate for writing on",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ardoise"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sheet of slate for writing on",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Tafel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sheet of slate for writing on",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "hi",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "ga",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "it",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "sheet of slate for writing on",
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{
"code": "mos",
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{
"code": "mos",
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{
"code": "pt",
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],
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{
"code": "pt",
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],
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"code": "ro",
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],
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{
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],
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"code": "tr",
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{
"code": "tr",
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "tile",
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],
"word": "покривна плоча"
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{
"code": "ca",
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],
"word": "llosa"
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],
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"code": "nl",
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],
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "tile",
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"word": "leisteen"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "tile",
"word": "liuskekivi"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "tile",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "ardoise"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "tile",
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"word": "Dachschiefer"
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{
"code": "el",
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{
"code": "hu",
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{
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"sense": "tile",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "scláta"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "tile",
"word": "tegola d'ardesia"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "tile",
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"word": "placă de ardezie"
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"word": "ши́фер"
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"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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"neuter"
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"code": "az",
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "nl",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "ardoise"
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"code": "de",
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"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "it",
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{
"code": "it",
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{
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"word": "conta"
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"code": "ro",
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"code": "ru",
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"tags": [
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"word": "долгова́я кни́га"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"word": "krita"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lista",
"sense": "list of candidates for an election",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "cs",
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"code": "cs",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"code": "fi",
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "sclate"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "bluish-grey/gray like slate — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"word": "leigrijs"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bluish-grey/gray like slate — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"word": "schiefergrau"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "schistólithos",
"sense": "bluish-grey/gray like slate — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "σχιστόλιθος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "bluish-grey/gray like slate — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"word": "palaszürke"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bluish-grey/gray like slate — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"word": "ardesia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bluish-grey/gray like slate — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"word": "grigio ardesia"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "palme",
"sense": "bluish-grey/gray like slate — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"word": "پلمه"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "bluish-grey/gray like slate — see also slate blue, slate gray, blue-gray",
"word": "skiffergrå"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Slate (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "slate"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/eɪt",
"Rhymes:English/eɪt/1 syllable",
"en:Greys",
"en:Rocks"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "slateable"
},
{
"word": "slated"
},
{
"word": "slater"
},
{
"word": "slating"
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"2": "sclatten"
},
"expansion": "sclatten",
"name": "m"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "slates",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "slating",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "slated",
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"participle",
"past"
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{
"form": "slated",
"tags": [
"past"
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"slate"
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The old church ledgers show that the roof was slated in 1775.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cover with slate."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To cover with slate."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The play was slated by the critics.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To criticise harshly."
],
"links": [
[
"criticise",
"criticise"
],
[
"harshly",
"harshly"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, chiefly British) To criticise harshly."
],
"senseid": [
"en:criticize"
],
"tags": [
"British",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The election was slated for November 2nd.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 58",
"text": "The Cleethorpes to Barton-on-Humber branch had been slated to transfer from Northern into the East Midlands franchise, but this move is still awaiting a DfT decision.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To schedule."
],
"links": [
[
"schedule",
"schedule"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, chiefly US) To schedule."
],
"tags": [
"US",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The next version of our software is slated to be the best release ever.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To anticipate or strongly expect."
],
"links": [
[
"anticipate",
"anticipate"
],
[
"strongly",
"strongly"
],
[
"expect",
"expect"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, chiefly US) To anticipate or strongly expect."
],
"tags": [
"US",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs",
"Regional English"
],
"glosses": [
"To set a dog upon (a person)."
],
"links": [
[
"regional",
"regional#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, regional) To set a dog upon (a person)."
],
"tags": [
"regional",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To nominate, appoint, or designate."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To nominate, appoint, or designate."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Film"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2013, Rick Smith, Kim Miller, Shoot to Sell: Make Money Producing Special Interest Videos",
"text": "Why You Want to Slate your Shots",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To record a synchronization mark using a clapperboard."
],
"links": [
[
"film",
"film#Noun"
],
[
"clapperboard",
"clapperboard"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, film) To record a synchronization mark using a clapperboard."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"broadcasting",
"film",
"media",
"television"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/sleɪt/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪt"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kritikuvam ostro",
"sense": "criticise harshly",
"word": "критикувам остро"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "criticise harshly",
"word": "vituperar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "criticise harshly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ztrhat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "criticise harshly",
"word": "afmaken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "criticise harshly",
"word": "met de grond gelijk maken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "criticise harshly",
"word": "murskata"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "criticise harshly",
"word": "verreissen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "criticise harshly",
"word": "lehúz"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "criticise harshly",
"word": "feann"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "criticise harshly",
"word": "redarguire"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raskritikovátʹ",
"sense": "criticise harshly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "раскритикова́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ustróitʹ raznós",
"sense": "criticise harshly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "устро́ить разно́с"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "criticise harshly",
"word": "vapulear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "criticise harshly",
"word": "criticar duramente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "criticise harshly",
"word": "vituperar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "criticise harshly",
"word": "fördöma"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "criticise harshly",
"word": "yola çıkmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rozkrytykóvuvaty",
"sense": "criticise harshly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "розкритико́вувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rozkrytykuváty",
"sense": "criticise harshly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "розкритикува́ти"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "schedule",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "plánovat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "schedule",
"word": "plannen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "schedule",
"word": "vastleggen op"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "schedule",
"word": "voor"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "schedule",
"word": "aikatauluttaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "schedule",
"word": "ansetzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "schedule",
"word": "planen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "schedule",
"word": "programmare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "schedule",
"word": "prevedere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "schedule",
"word": "pianificare"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "schedule",
"word": "programa"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "schedule",
"word": "planifica"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "planírovatʹ",
"sense": "schedule",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "плани́ровать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "namečátʹ",
"sense": "schedule",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "намеча́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naznačátʹ",
"sense": "schedule",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "назнача́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "schedule",
"word": "fechar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "schedule",
"word": "programar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "schedule",
"word": "fijar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "schedule",
"word": "planera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "schedule",
"word": "schemalägga"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "schedule",
"word": "planlamak"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "anticipate or strongly expect",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "předpovídat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "anticipate or strongly expect",
"word": "voorzien"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "anticipate or strongly expect",
"word": "voorbestemmen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "anticipate or strongly expect",
"word": "odottaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "anticipate or strongly expect",
"word": "uskoa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anticipate or strongly expect",
"word": "vorsehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anticipate or strongly expect",
"word": "bestimmen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "anticipate or strongly expect",
"word": "destinare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "anticipate or strongly expect",
"word": "prevedere"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "anticipate or strongly expect",
"word": "destina"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prednaznačátʹ",
"sense": "anticipate or strongly expect",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "предназнача́ть"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "anticipate or strongly expect",
"word": "byť predurčený"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anticipate or strongly expect",
"word": "destinar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "anticipate or strongly expect",
"word": "förutspå"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "anticipate or strongly expect",
"word": "förutse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "anticipate or strongly expect",
"word": "förutsäga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "anticipate or strongly expect",
"word": "förvänta"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "anticipate or strongly expect",
"word": "kararlaştırmak"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Slate (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "slate"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
"msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": spísok (kandidátov) vs. кандида́тов",
"path": [
"slate"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "slate",
"trace": ""
}
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