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PRONUNCIATION OF SLATY

slaty  [ˈsleɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLATY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Slaty is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SLATY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

slaty

Slate gray

Slate gray is a gray color with a slight azure tinge that is a representation of the average color of the material slate. As a tertiary color, slate is an equal mix of purple and green pigments. Slaty, referring to this color, is often used to describe birds. The first recorded use of slate gray as a color name in English was in 1705.

Definition of slaty in the English dictionary

The definition of slaty in the dictionary is consisting of or resembling slate. Other definition of slaty is having the colour of slate.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLATY


deity
ˈdeɪtɪ
eighty
ˈeɪtɪ
Haiti
ˈheɪtɪ
Kowaiti
kəʊˈweɪtɪ
Koweiti
kəʊˈweɪtɪ
Kuwaiti
kʊˈweɪtɪ
matey
ˈmeɪtɪ
maty
ˈmeɪtɪ
paneity
pæˈneɪtɪ
platy
ˈpleɪtɪ
postnati
pəʊstˈneɪtɪ
pratie
ˈpreɪtɪ
slatey
ˈsleɪtɪ
tatie
ˈteɪtɪ
weighty
ˈweɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLATY

slate-blue
slate-coloured
slate-grey
slatelike
slater
slatey
slather
slatier
slatiest
slatiness
slating
Slatkin
slatted
slatted floor
slatter
slattern
slatternliness
slatternly
slatting
slaughter

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLATY

Almaty
beaty
chocolaty
floaty
goaty
Maastricht Treaty
meaty
Non-Proliferation Treaty
North Atlantic Treaty
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
paty
peace treaty
peaty
prelaty
private treaty
sweaty
test ban treaty
throaty
treaty
wheaty

Synonyms and antonyms of slaty in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «slaty» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLATY

Find out the translation of slaty to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of slaty from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «slaty» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

石板
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

slaty
570 millions of speakers

English

slaty
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्कैटी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قاتم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

синевато-серые
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

xistoso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

slaty
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ardoisier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Slaty
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schieferig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スレートの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

슬레이트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Slaty
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có màu đen
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

slaty
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्लेटची
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

arduvazlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ardesia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

slaty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

синювато - сірі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stratificat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σχιστολίθου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ROOIKEELREIER
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

slaty
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

slaty
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of slaty

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLATY»

The term «slaty» is regularly used and occupies the 60.086 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLATY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «slaty» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «slaty» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about slaty

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLATY»

Discover the use of slaty in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to slaty and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Transactions of the Geological Society of London
... enough is known of its general structure to enable us to state, that nearly all the interior portions of the Highlands are composed of primary rocks generally exhibiting a slaty texture ; and that, on the north-eastern and northwestern coasts,  ...
Geological Society of London, 1835
2
Excursions in Geology and History: Field Trips in the Middle ...
The Arch of Cleavage Most pelitic rocks in the Delaware Water Gap area, regardless of age, have a secondary foliation, or slaty cleavage, which becomes less prominent northwestward and into younger rocks. A second slip cleavage, which ...
Frank James Pazzaglia, 2006
3
Foundations of Structural Geology
Folia- don is a general term covering several different kinds of structure produced in different ways. Examples of common types of foliation are shown in Figure 4.1. 'Slaty cleavage', 'schistosity' and 'gneissosiry' are all examples of foliations.
R. G. Park, 1997
4
Soil survey
Typical pedon of Cardiff slaty loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, approximately 0.4 mile southwest of the junction of Virginia Highways 649 and 605 and 300 feet west of Highway 649: 01—2 inches to O; undecomposed leaves and twigs and black ...
United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1982
5
Geology of New York
Green shale. Red shale. Brown grit. (Band one foot thick.) . Red shales with green bands. Brownish grey grits. Brownish red shaly grits. Reddish grits. Greenish grey slaty grits. Brown and greenish grits. Grey laminated grits. Red crumbling grit.
William Williams Mather, Ebenezer Emmons, Lardner Vanuxem, 1843
6
Natural History of New York
Greenish grey slaty grits. 66. Brown and greenish grits. 67. Grey laminated grits. 68. Red crumbling grit. 69. Reddish slaty grit. 70. Red shale. 71. Green shale at the shanty in the ravine. 62. 63. Terrace No. 70. Red shale. 71. Green slate. 18.
New York (State). Natural History Survey, 1843
7
Geology of New-York: Part I comprising the first geological ...
Green shale. Red shale. Brown grit. (Band one foot thick.) . Red shales with green bands. Brownish grey grits. Brownish red shaly grits. Reddish grits. Greenish grey slaty grits. Brown and greenish grits. Grey laminated grits. Red crumbling grit.
William W. Mather, 1843
8
Geology of New York: Geology of the first geological ...
58. Green shale. 59. Red shale. 60. Brown grit. (Band one foot thick.) 61. Red shales with green bands. 62. Brownish grey grits. 63. Brownish red shaly grits. 64 . Reddish grits. 65. Greenish grey slaty grits. 66. Brown and greenish grits. 67.
‎1843
9
Birding in the American West: A Handbook
Another possible difference between first-year Slaty-backeds and vegae Herrings involves the presence and distinctness of dark subterminal marks near the tips of the inner three or four primaries. Such marks may more often be present (and ...
Kevin J. Zimmer, 2000
10
Dragonflies
About the name: Seen from a distance, adult male Slaty Skimmers look black, but up close they are a beautiful dark slate blue. The species name incesta is from the Latin incesto, which means to "defile, pollute, or dishonor" and implies lewd or ...
Cynthia Berger, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLATY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term slaty is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Donation Center Opens in Rowan County to Assist Flood Victims
Slaty Point Baptist Church has been tasked with coordinating and providing meals for these workers. If any organization, business or church would like to donate ... «WMKY, Jul 15»
2
Rare birds make Nashik their home
Four other rare species of birds were also observed recently — the Slaty-breasted rail, Jungle bush quail, painted snipe and Brown Crake," she added. «Times of India, Jul 15»
3
Rare Slaty-breasted rail spotted at Gangapur
NASHIK: Bird watchers claim to have spotted not one but two Slaty-breasted rail birds at the Gangapur dam. This is the second time this year that a rare species ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
4
Giant Volcano and Its Baboons With Altitude!
The volcano is home to wildlife big and small, such as this adult white-eyed slaty flycatcher (Melaenornis fisheri). (Photograph by Yvonne de Jong & Tom ... «National Geographic, Jul 15»
5
Safeguarding Africa's Wetlands a Daunting Task
Environmentalists hope that they can still save the wetland, and pin their hopes on a “Slaty Egret Action Plan” which will be used by the Botswana's Department ... «Inter Press Service, Mar 15»
6
New issue of Birdwatch on sale today!
Add to this a bounty of special reader birding holidays being guided by our experts, bird table Turnstones, finder's accounts of Ireland's Slaty-backed Gull and ... «Bird Watch, Feb 15»
7
Tweets of joy: Rare birds fly into Delhi
The Slaty blue flycatcher from the Himalayan forests was seen by Singh on January 31. "It tends to venture into the forests of the Himalayan foothills during ... «Times of India, Feb 15»
8
Snake and mouse hide out together from flooding Queensland river
In the video the drenched, little field mouse is seen hiding out in a niche while the snake — believed to be a slaty grey snake, common to the area — sits beside ... «9news.com.au, Feb 15»
9
€25 to get armour against a killer disease is not to be sneezed at
It requires a slaty look and formal, not to say pompous, syntax. “Perhaps you'd enlighten me on why, precisely, you would require such a personal detail? «Irish Examiner, Oct 14»
10
Doris Fickes
She owned and operated Slaty Acres Used Furniture Store, in Newville for 30 years, and belonged to the Newville Church of the Brethren. She is survived by ... «The Sentinel, Aug 14»

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