slate-black

1. 1.

   of a black tinged with slate-grey

   Similarachromatic

Questions about slate-black

What does slate-black mean?

slate-black means "of a black tinged with slate-grey".

How many syllables are in slate-black?

slate-black has 3 syllables and divides as sla-te--black under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is slate-black a common word?

slate-black is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.