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slab
1[slab]
noun
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
a thick slice of anything.
a slab of bread.
a semifinished piece of iron or steel so rolled that its breadth is at least twice its thickness.
a rough outside piece cut from a log, as when sawing one into boards.
Baseball Slang.rubber.
Building Trades.a section of concrete pavement or a concrete floor placed directly on the ground or on a base of gravel.
verb (used with object)
to make into a slab or slabs.
to cover or lay with slabs.
to cut the slabs or outside pieces from (a log).
to put on in slabs; cover thickly.
slab
2[slab]
adjective
thick; viscous.
slab
/ æ /
noun
a broad flat thick piece of wood, stone, or other material
a thick slice of cake, etc
any of the outside parts of a log that are sawn off while the log is being made into planks
mountaineering a flat sheet of rock lying at an angle of between 30° and 60° from the horizontal
a printer's ink table
(modifier) made or constructed of coarse wooden planks
a slab hut
informalan operating or mortuary table
informala package containing 24 cans of beer
verb
to cut or make into a slab or slabs
to cover or lay with slabs
to saw slabs from (a log)
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of slab1
Origin of slab2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of slab1
Example Sentences
“There was a sandwich that was named Richard Kind, it was tuna fish on toasted whole wheat with a thick slab of onion.”
One mum was left feeling "like a slab of meat" after being left "covered in blood".
A homeowner complained at a recent hearing in Malibu that an excavator has mistakenly began to plow up the concrete slab under her ADU.
There was also the matter of the sculpture’s title, “Dark,” which referred to the artist’s claim that the word had been scrawled on the underside of the brute slab.
Working under the sweltering sun, in nearly 40C, rescuers use metal drills and cutters to break the concrete slabs into smaller pieces.
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