slaty
Origin of slaty
1Other words from slaty
- slat·i·ness, noun
Words Nearby slaty
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How to use slaty in a sentence
"We are going into the sunlight, out of the shadow;" and she glanced back at the west, which was of a slaty blackness.
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonRed, somewhat slaty jasper, mixed with quartz and chalcedony, and containing specular iron ore.
Smoke-grey micaceous slaty-clay, much like certain beds of the old red sandstone, where it graduates into grey wacke.
A small miner's pick is useful for cutting out, and splitting portions of slaty rocks; or for obtaining specimens of clays, etc.
slaty clay, with particles of mica, like that which frequently occurs immediately beneath beds of coal.
British Dictionary definitions for slaty
/ (ˈsleɪtɪ) /
consisting of or resembling slate
having the colour of slate
Derived forms of slaty
- slatiness, noun
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