0 (a piece of) a type of easily split rock of a dull blue-grey/-gray colour/color, used for roofing etc -- skifer; skifer-
1 a small writing-board made of this, used by schoolchildren. -- tavle
2 to say harsh things to or about -- nedsable
The new play was slated by the critics.
There is no change in the price of slates at all.
Are slates still as difficult to obtain, and are they still as expensive to quarry?
There is a difficulty with regard to the supply of slates, but my regional officers will assist local authorities in this matter.
I know of several repairers in my own area who have spent a lot of time trying to get these slates, with no result.
We have plenty of bricks on hand, timber, cement, and so on, for the first 100,000 houses, with a fair supply of slates.
Are we going to build of bricks and slates, or are we going to use concrete, or some new form of construction?
The materials in particularly short supply are timber, steel and cast iron, lead, certain types of electrical components, salt glazed pipes, and slates.
To-day the slates have to be delivered in a hurry, for the purpose of some local authority's housing scheme, and they are railed forthwith.
