Definition of "slatey" [slatey]

• Of the color of slate or granite (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "“My idea was based on the Wales exterior and it was very dark, very slatey, with lots of misty smoke coming in,” Laing continues."
• "Very light straw color, green-apple nose, with a citrusy vibrancy on the palate leading to a slatey, minerally note suggestive of a great Mosel."
• "The mineral-rich metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks with slatey cleavage are finer-grained and less metamorphosed than most Piedmont regions."