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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, slabbing 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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