A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof, as a fuel commodity ready to buy and burn.
A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English)
charcoal.
To supply with coal.
To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships).
To burn to charcoal; to char.
To mark or delineate with charcoal.
To be converted to charcoal.
A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.
An artificial material resembling slate and used for the same purposes.
A list of affiliated candidates for an election.
A record of money owed.
A tablet computer.
A thin plate of any material; a flake.
The bluish-grey colour of most slate.
A chalkboard, sheet of slate for writing on with chalk or with a thin rod of slate (a slate pencil) formerly commonly used by both students and teachers in schools.
A roofing-tile made of slate.
To cover with slate.
To schedule.
To criticise harshly.
To set a dog upon (a person).
To anticipate or strongly expect.
To nominate, appoint, or designate.
Having the bluish-grey/gray colour of slate.