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slating

[ sley-ting ]

noun

  1. the act or work of covering something with slates.
  2. materials for roofing with slates.


slating

1

/ ˈsleɪtɪŋ /

noun

  1. informal.
    a severe reprimand or critical attack
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


slating

2

/ ˈsleɪtɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act or process of laying slates
  2. slates collectively, or material for making slates
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • un·slating adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of slating1

First recorded in 1565–75; slat(e) 1 + -ing 1
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Example Sentences

The company is slating at least $1 billion to pay for severance and other related costs alone.

A bailee received some cheese and gave a receipt slating that it was to be kept at the owner's risk of loss from water.

It fell to a critic on the Westminster Gazette to do the out and out "slating."

Or, slake lime in tar, and into it dip sheets of the thickest brown paper, to be laid on in the manner of slating.

Wy, it's worth a fair six d a week jest to see 'em a slating Old Chips!

And this was all the result of the slating the press gave to Mavis Clare!

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