slaty
IPA: sɫˈeɪti
adjective
- Resembling the mineral slate.
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Examples of "slaty" in Sentences
- Also they mostly have a slaty cleavage.
- Most of this is slaty shale and mudstone.
- The back was slaty grey with a dull greenish gloss.
- Slatyford is also known by the slang name of 'Slaty'.
- The dark bill has a slaty base to the lower mandible.
- Colour pale brownish buff, variegated with slaty irrorations.
- It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Slaty Brush finch.
- These seams are conformable with the slaty cleavage or schistosity.
- The primary rocks are Quartzite overlaid with an irregular slaty formation.
- Slaty Fork is the name of the unincorporated town at the base of the mountain.