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Definition: Slater |
SlaterNoun1. Any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "slater" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references) |
Synonym: SlaterSynonym: woodlouse (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: scabbiest (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology), woodlouse. |
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It is also the name of several towns in the U.S:
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Slater is a city located in Story County, Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,306.(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Slater is a city located in Saline County, Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 2,083.(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Slater is a town located in Platte County, Wyoming. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 82.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Slater."
Crosswords: Slater |
| English words defined with "slater": Globe slater ♦ Hellier ♦ sea slater, Sea wood louse. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "slater": SLATER'S PAN. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | If any of you sweeties dares bid on my Slater I'll hunt you down in the street like a rabid dog. (Saved by the Bell; writing credit: Ana Maria Moretzsohn) All I want to do is graduate from high school, go to Europe, marry Christian Slater and die! (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Joss Whedon.) Rod Slater, Do you know what your getting yourself into? (Gold; writing credit: Stanley Price; Wilbur Smith) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | R. Cooper, R. Slater, and J. Uzmann (l-r) view sub tapes from submarine canyon. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Caption: The Ernest L. Stevens Trio, Left to Right, Archie Slater, Ernest L. Stevens, Sam Brown, in the Third Floor Music Room of Bldg. 5; West Orange, NJ; ca. 1923; {29.420/162} (jpg). |
 | George M. Slater, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / B. F. Johnson, Inc., Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Slater Mill, first cotton mill in United States, Pawtucket, R.I. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Excavating for new reservoir at Slater, Mo. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mr. Slater, well engineer, congratulates Mr. Hardesty on his fine crop of tobacco. Charles County, Maryland. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Griffith Consumers Co. Exterior of J & J Slater, 1511 Connecticut Ave. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The (r)gamin is a born slater as he is a born sailor. |
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| "Slater" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 96.33% of the time. "Slater" is used about 327 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 96.33% | 315 | 16,262 |
| Noun (singular) | 3.67% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Total | 100.00% | 327 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "slater" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Slater | Last name | 13,000 | 924 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| Canada | Slater Steel Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Slater, CO 2. Slater, IA (city, FIPS 73515) 3. Slater, MO (city, FIPS 68204) |
Expressions using "slater": Globe slater ♦ sea slater. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "slater": Slater-Marietta, slater-plasterer, Slater-walker. | |
Ending with "slater": Durnford-slater. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
kelly slater | 494 | cheat kelly slater | 13 |
christian slater | 300 | luke slater | 13 |
helen slater | 180 | kat slater | 13 |
slater steel | 162 | helen slater supergirl | 13 |
slater | 85 | ac slater | 12 |
hogg slater | 47 | uss slater | 12 |
samuel slater | 47 | helen slater nude | 12 |
slater iowa | 42 | guy slater | 11 |
kelly slater picture | 41 | justin slater | 10 |
kelly slater pro surfer | 35 | charles slater | 9 |
hogg howison slater | 24 | kelly slater wallpaper | 9 |
cheat kelly pro slater surfer | 23 | bj slater | 9 |
slater missouri | 19 | lauren slater | 8 |
christian slater movie | 17 | philip slater | 8 |
biography kelly slater | 16 | bio kelly slater | 8 |
kelly slater pic | 15 | kelly slater surfing | 8 |
david slater | 15 | park slater | 7 |
chad slater | 14 | a.c slater | 7 |
christian slater picture | 14 | kelly slater photo | 7 |
ryan slater | 14 | helen image slater | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "slater"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Mbulues Çatish, Buburrec (roach, wood louse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مسقف (roofer), حمار قبان, دويبة صغيرة, بناء سطوح. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Майстор На Покриви, Инструмент За Щавене На Кожи. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | ""工. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Pokrývaè (roofer, tiler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | baenkebider (scabby sow bug, sow bug, wood louse, woodlouse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | varkensbeest (scabby sow bug, woodlouse), pissebed (scabby sow bug, sow bug, wood louse, woodlouse), keldermot (scabby sow bug, woodlouse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | maasiirat (pill bug, sow bug, wood louse), kellarisiira (scabby sow bug, woodlouse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Cloporte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schieferdecker, Rollassel (pill bug, sow bug, wood louse), Koernerassel (scabby sow bug, woodlouse), Kellerassel (dooryard sow bug, greenhouse pill bug, scabby sow bug, woodlouse), Dachdecker (roofer, tiler, tilers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ίαταλέγων. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ״עפן. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Palafedõ Munkás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | porcellino di terra (dooryard sow bug, greenhouse pill bug, pill bug, scabby sow bug, sow bug, wood louse, woodlouse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 草鞋虫 (wood lice, wood louse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | わらじむし (wood lice, wood louse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 슬 이트를 이" 사람. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sclateyr (tiler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aterslay telhador-ardósia,telhas e materiais similares (roof slater and tiler). (various references) Кровельщик, Суровый Критик. (various references) sglèatair. (various references) mokrica (woodlouse), brusilac, škriljčar. (various references) tocinito (dooryard sow bug, greenhouse pill bug), porcelion (dooryard sow bug, greenhouse pill bug), Pizarrero, cochinilla de humedad (dooryard sow bug, greenhouse pill bug, scabby sow bug, sow bug, wood louse, woodlouse), cochinilla (cochineal, multiped), ciempiés (centipede), bicho bolita (dooryard sow bug, greenhouse pill bug). (various references) källargråsugga (scabby sow bug, woodlouse). (various references) Arduvaz Döşeyici. (various references) Покрівельник, Суворий Критик, Стонога. (various references) thợ lợp ngói acđoa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Armadillidium, Porcellio laevis, Porcellio scaber. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "slater": slaters. (additional references) | |
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"Slater" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alster, Saltero, Saltmer, Salzer, Scleater, slayter, Slaytor, sleater. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "slater" (pronounced slā"ter) |
| 5 | s l ā" t er | translator. |
| 4 | -l ā" t er | deflator, inflator, later, Plater. |
| 3 | -ā" t er | cater, crater, creator, curator, debater, dictator, equator, Frater, freighter, gaiter, gator, grater, greater, hater, Pater, Prater, rater, skater, stater, straighter, traitor, Viator, vindicator, waiter. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: alerts, alters, artels, estral, laster, ratels, salter, staler, stelar, talers. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: alert, alter, arles, artel, aster, earls, lares, laser, later, lears, least, rales, ratel, rates, reals, seral, setal, slate, stale, stare, steal, stela, taels, taler, tales, tares, teals, tears, tesla. | |
-2 letters: ales, alts, ares, arse, arts, ates, earl, ears, east, eats, eras, erst, etas, lars, lase, last, late, lats, lear, leas, lest, lets. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: antlers, armlets, artless, blaster, cartels, clarets, crestal, dartles, elaters, estrual, falters, halters, harslet, labrets, lamster, largest, lasters, lathers, palters, persalt, plaster, platers, psalter, rattles, realest, realist, relates, rentals, reslate, retails, saltern, salters, saltier, saltire, saluter, scarlet, slaters, slather, slatier, stabler, stalker, stapler, starlet, startle, stealer, stellar, sternal, tailers, talkers, thalers, tramels, travels, varlets, vestral, warstle, wastrel, wrastle. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6C 61 74 65 72 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .-.. .- - . .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101100 01100001 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S l a t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006C 0061 0074 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)537867867184 |
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