Slate vs Bluestone - What's the difference?
slate | bluestone |
(uncountable) A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.
(uncountable) The bluish-grey colour of most slate.
(countable) A sheet of slate for writing on with chalk.
(countable) A tile made of slate.
(countable) A record of money owed.
(countable) A list of affiliated candidates for an election.
An artificial material resembling slate and used for the same purposes.
A thin plate of any material; a flake.
Having the bluish-grey/gray colour/color of slate.
To cover with slate.
(chiefly, British) To criticise harshly.
(chiefly, US) To schedule.
(chiefly, US) To destine or strongly expect.
To punish severely.
(UK) A form of dolerite which appears blue when wet or freshly broken.
(UK) Any of several massive stones used to construct .
(US) A feldspathic sandstone in the U.S.
(US) A form of limestone native to the Shenandoah Valley
(Australia) A basalt or olivine basalt.
(Australia, South Australia) Slate from quarries in or near Adelaide.
* 2000 , Laura Veltman, Living and Working in Australia: All you need to know for starting a new life ‘down under’ , 7th edition,
* 2006 , John Emerson, History of the Independent Bar of South Australia ,
* 2008 , John Jenkin, William and Lawrence Bragg, Father and Son ,
* 2009 , Josephine Emery, The Real Possibility of Joy: A Personal Journey from Man to Woman ,
As nouns the difference between slate and bluestone
is that slate is a fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers while bluestone is a form of dolerite which appears blue when wet or freshly broken.As an adjective slate
is having the bluish-grey/gray colour/color of slate.As a verb slate
is to cover with slate.slate
English
Noun
(wikipedia slate) (en noun)- Put it on my slate – I’ll pay you next week.
- Roy Disney led the alternative slate of directors for the stockholder vote.
Synonyms
* slate grey, slate gray * (record of money owed) account, billDerived terms
* clean slate * on the slate * wipe the slate cleanSee also
* basalt * blackboard * chalkboard * whiteboard *Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* slate black * slate blue * slate gray/slate grey * slate pencil * slate-coloured junco * slatyVerb
- The old church ledgers show that the roof was slated in 1775.
- The play was slated by the critics.
- The election was slated for November 2nd.
- The next version of our software is slated to be the best release ever.
- The boy was slated by his own mom for disobeying her.
Anagrams
*bluestone
English
(wikipedia bluestone)Noun
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- Its people are proud of their history and heritage of free settlement and the famous bluestone homes and public buildings of Adelaide are among the most orderly and best cared for examples of colonial architecture in the country.
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- Hanson Chambers, as 56 Carrington Street was eventually known, confirmed the tradition that the South Australian bar would develop as a series of small enclaves, more often than not in old, bluestone buildings dating back to the nineteenth century.
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- William rented the house on the corner of Lefevre Terrace and Tynte Street: a two-storey home of local bluestone with stuccoed enrichments, in high Victorian Italianate style.
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- Mackenzie Wool and Hide now exported leather products around the world and, in a roundabout manner, and along with my parents, was helping us buy our bluestone cottage in the Adelaide suburb of Unley.