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ˈslaty
/ ˈsleɪtɪ /
adjective
- consisting of or resembling slate
- having the colour of slate
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Derived Forms
- ˈslatiness, noun
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Other Words From
- slati·ness noun
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Example Sentences
"We are going into the sunlight, out of the shadow;" and she glanced back at the west, which was of a slaty blackness.
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Red, somewhat slaty jasper, mixed with quartz and chalcedony, and containing specular iron ore.
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Smoke-grey micaceous slaty-clay, much like certain beds of the old red sandstone, where it graduates into grey wacke.
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A small miner's pick is useful for cutting out, and splitting portions of slaty rocks; or for obtaining specimens of clays, etc.
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Slaty clay, with particles of mica, like that which frequently occurs immediately beneath beds of coal.
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