Slaten

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsleɪtÉ™n/, ˈsleɪtnÌ©

Origin

slate + -en (forms adjectives indicating composition from nouns denoting materials)

Full definition of slaten

Adjective

1. (literary) Made of slate.
• 1860 October, The Knickerbocker LVI, â„– 4, “Remembrances; Somewhat of an Allegory”, page 368:It is twilight time: the sun has gone away over the hill, and has left only crimson clouds for his rising token. Sitting down on the slaten rock, and looking westward, I said: ‘It will be fair to-morrow.’ Then, close by me, some one said: ‘Fair, to-morrow.’
• ibidem, page 369:Then she floated away and left me lying on the slaten rock.