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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

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slab Synonyms

slab

n.

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


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slab Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • shale: Fabrics: ' A, ' is of roughly coursed slabs of shale.

Converse of object

  • pave: Rows of paving slabs, treated timber struts or a solid concrete base are good base choices.

Adjective modifier

  • incised: Click here to search the website for a named brass or incised slab.

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.
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slab quotes

Beneath this slab John Brown is stowed. He watched the ads, And not the road.

-Nash, (Frederic) Ogden

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