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slab¹ Definition

slab (slab)

noun

  1. a piece that is flat, broad, and fairly thick a slab of concrete, a slab of bread
  2. any of the rough, outer pieces removed from a log in sawing it into lumber

Etymology: ME sclabbe

transitive verb slabbed, slab·bing

  1. to make into a slab or slabs
  2. to cut the slabs from (a log)
  3. to pave or cover with slabs

slab² Definition

slab (slab)

adjective

Archaic thick and heavy; viscid slab porridge

Etymology: < Scand, as in Swed dial. slabb, muddy water: for IE base see slaver

slab Synonyms

slab

n.

plate, slice, bit, chunk, lump, chip, piece, cutting; see also part 1.

slab Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • shale: Fabrics: ' A, ' is of roughly coursed slabs of shale.
  • granite: On the tallest of these had stood, perhaps for five centuries, a building made of heavy slabs of granite.
  • sandstone: The chamber consisted of 4 slabs of red sandstone, which were about 10 cm ( approx 4 inches ) thick.

Converse of object

  • pave: Rows of paving slabs, treated timber struts or a solid concrete base are good base choices.
  • incise: Pink pebbles are carried by strong currents from broken slabs incised by ice.
  • inscribe: The parapet at the apex carries an inscribed slab stating ' The Reverend John Adams Minister 1732 ' .
  • carve: Class II are relief carved slabs bearing symbols in addition to a cross.

Adjective modifier

  • incised: Click here to search the website for a named brass or incised slab.
  • concrete: A few weeks later, the concrete slabs have been laid across the tunnel to form the roof.
  • sepulchral: Three medieval sepulchral slabs are set against the wall to the south of the arch.
  • 18thc: Threshold stone at door is weathered 18thC grave slab with flags just inside; then 8 concrete steps up to interior.
  • grave: The paths leading past the church are paved with grave slabs.
  • upright: The drying chamber, with an inner ring of upright stone slabs, had been cut into the earlier enclosure bank.

Modifies a noun

avalanche: A particularly dangerous form is slab avalanche, formed by wind packing.

Noun used with modifier

  • paving: Also imagine a badly fitted paving slab in the pavement immediately outside its front door.
  • RC: Typical examples of monolithic cast in-situ RC bond beams with RC slabs are shown below on Figure 13.
  • marble: Below a Purbeck marble slab are carved figures of her ten children in the costume of the period.
  • granite: Why should I? The rows of bronze plaques embedded in flat granite slabs to mark folks ' graves came into focus.
  • rockwool: The plants are propagated in a rockwool cube then grown on in a rockwool slab.
  • sandstone: The thin sandstone slab standing on end is unlikely to be an original part of the circle.

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