Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One employed to lay slate surfaces, as on roofs.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who makes or lays slates; one whose occupation is the roofing of buildings with slate.
- noun A general name of cursorial isopods.
- noun A tool, with blade of slate, used for fleshing or slating hides.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a sow bug.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who lays
slates , or whoseoccupation is to slate buildings. - noun Any terrestrial
isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a sow bug.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats
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Examples
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sonofgroucho commented on the word slater
These are also called wood lice where we are.
November 11, 2007
garyth123 commented on the word slater
"it's better than a slater up yer nose" is a Scottish saying that i would often hear when i was growing up.
December 8, 2008