What is "slates"

Usage examples of "slates".

Tarik an inscrutable look, then nodded, handed Tarik his slates, and headed toward the shed where the firestone sacks were stored.

Irritably he sought out the silent boy and thrust a stack of new slates at him.

He sat down at the desk by the communicator and pulled out slates as he continued talking.

A greenish glow, pleasant, restful, fell on the book-piled desk, the panel of communications screens, shelves of souvenirs and slates that covered the inward walls of the room.

No paper but the awkward slates or thinly extruded metal sheets for more permanent records.

Stannall began casually, turning his back on me for a moment, fiddling with slates on his desk.

I felt his hands pressing mine around the slates and, through my tears, saw him stride out to the balcony and into the car.

I handed him the slates and he glared down at them as if they, too, were enemies in the alliance to keep him planet-bound when all his soul wanted to be in space with the fleet.

This was a study, deserted but apparently well-used by Harlan to judge from the clutter of slates and film cans.

Then Jokan covered up his slates and announced he was going to see what progress Harlan was making in ramming through the expedition.

The physician arose and presented a thick pile of slates to the first, Councilman at the table.

Lesatin knew this, for he was referring to slates he must have made during the inquiry Stannall conducted.

The engineers, Lance Corporal Danny Johnston and Corporal Heer, were sitting together, slates out.

Techs at Goddard FCC think they can upload into one of the slates a program that will substitute for the damaged computer, but Mariella tells them not to bother.

The tramway might not be completed, but finished slates can be held here until it is.