Political ticket (5 letters)

{ Answer }

SLATE

{ Related Clues }

Agenda
Chalkboard
Nominees
The nominees
Schedule
Ticket
Ballot listing
Convention decision
Lineup at the polls
List of candidates
Offering to voters
Party's nominees
Purplish gray
Roof material
Roofing material
Shade of blue
Writing surface
Drag over the coals
It gets chalked
It's quarried in Vermont
Like some roofs
Old school item

{ Tags }

aristarchs, blackboard, blue, candidates, convention, decision, gray, list, listing, material, nominees, offering, party, political, roof, roofing, schedule, shade, slate, ticket, what

{ Notes }

The answer SLATE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 120 puzzles.

{ Definition }

SLATE as a noun:

1. (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate

2. (slate, slating) = thin layers of rock used for roofing

3. a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers

4. (slate, ticket) = a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices

SLATE as a verb:

1. designate or schedule; "He slated his talk for 9 AM"; "She was slated to be his successor"

2. enter on a list or slate for an election; "He was slated for borough president"

3. cover with slate; "slate the roof"