Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slate grey

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: slate -grey
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of slate gray.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"England were even more vulnerable under the slate-grey skies of Sáo Paulo than they had been in the searing heat of Manaus."

Usage

Inflected Forms

slate greys (plural)

Questions

What does slate grey mean?: Alternative form of slate gray.

How to pronounce slate grey

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