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slateless

slateless adjective: devoid of slates.

Adjective

slateless (not comparable)

  1. Devoid of slates.
    • Below its nearly slateless cow-sheds and tumbling iron-gated piggeries, a steep slope drained liquids from all ordure down to the pretty river.2013, Molly Keane, Time After Time

Origin of slateless

From slate + -less.

Questions about slateless

What does slateless mean?
Slateless means devoid of slates.
What part of speech is slateless?
Slateless is an adjective.

Words near slateless in the dictionary

  1. slatee
  2. slatees
  3. Slateford
  4. slateful
  5. slatefuls
  6. slateless
  7. slatelike
  8. slaten
  9. Slatens
  10. slater
  11. Slater determinant

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