Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

What is a clean slate?

What is a clean slate? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (nautical) a slate on which the courses steered by a ship (and distances run) were recorded, but have been wiped clean after being entered in the log at the end of a watch
  2. (by extension) a fresh start
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder
Similar Words
Examples
There is no clean slate to write on: rather, successful water management must begin by taking each society as history has made it.
On the other end of the spectrum, the captain of the Tampa has a completely clean slate.
The province maintains a clean slate for all forms of potato cyst nematode after 10 years of testing seed potato exports to Mexico.
The mind was a tabula rasa, asserted the British writer John Locke, a clean slate awaiting the imprint of sensory data.
This enabled us to allow the new Country Manager to start with a completely clean slate.
By law once they've served their time they are then free, a clean slate in a sense.

See Also

Nearby Definitions
Find Definitions
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024