slab
1a 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. rubber1 (def. 14).
Building Trades. a section of concrete pavement or a concrete floor placed directly on the ground or on a base of gravel.
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.
Origin of slab
1Words Nearby slab
Other definitions for slab (2 of 2)
thick; viscous.
Origin of slab
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How to use slab in a sentence
Ice slabs in craters might be easier to process, but descending the steep walls and carving up ice cubes would take more equipment.
The moon is (slightly) wet, NASA confirms. Now what? | Charlie Wood | October 27, 2020 | Popular-ScienceTo my left, Longs Peak and its craggy fingers, called the Keyboard of the Winds, jutted straight up into the clouds, while Chiefs Head Peak, an imposing granite slab on the horizon, dominated the other half of my view.
Alpine Lake Spotting at Rocky Mountain National Park | Emily Pennington | October 16, 2020 | Outside OnlineThe image sensor—the little slab of pixels that actually captures light when you take a photo—has to be tiny in order to fit inside the device itself.
Planning to buy an iPhone 12 Pro Max? You may want to brush up on your photography skills. | Stan Horaczek | October 14, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe boldly flavored mixture is a perfect match for chicken, but that’s where I use it least, instead opting to put it on a thick slab of salmon or slather it on vegetables before roasting.
Until I Can Go Back to My Favorite Restaurant, This Jerk Paste Is the Next Best Thing | Elazar Sontag | September 25, 2020 | EaterThe carbon, nitrogen and oxygen, they’re all saying that subducting slabs are able to transport carbon and similar elements to a similar depth in the mantle.
Earth’s rarest diamonds form from primordial carbon in the mantle | Carolyn Gramling | September 14, 2020 | Science News
In Ferguson, Missouri, the bullet-ridden body of Michael Brown lies on a slab somewhere, and his parents await justice, and mourn.
A museum-like sign on the wall claims this was Escobar's cell and that the circular slab was where he had his rotating, round bed.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens | Jeff Campagna | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe only identifiable artifact is a perfectly circular slab of concrete.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens | Jeff Campagna | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne of his most famous works was a huge chocolate bar painted on a concrete slab—candy that could not be bought or sold.
The Deaths You Missed This Year | Malcolm Jones, Jimmy So, Michael Moynihan, Caitlin Dickson | December 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWe are interrupted by the arrival of her burger, a gigantic, half-pound slab of beef sandwiched between two shiny brioche buns.
‘Family Guy’ Star Alex Borstein Is Ready for Her HBO Close-Up | Marlow Stern | November 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe backs are mostly cut the reverse way of the grain to the present rule, forming what are now termed "slab" backs.
Violins and Violin Makers | Joseph PearceWe have for the upper table, or front, a thin slab of wood known as pine, from a species of tree that grows all over the world.
Antonio Stradivari | Horace William PetherickSometimes the sarcophagus was placed behind a perforated slab of marble, as shown in the following example, given by Maitland.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowThis Sin Sin Wa disturbed sufficiently to reveal a movable slab in the roughly paved floor.
Dope | Sax RohmerSin Sin Wa followed with the lamp, drawing the slab down into its place behind him.
Dope | Sax Rohmer
British Dictionary definitions for slab
/ (slæb) /
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) Australian and NZ made or constructed of coarse wooden planks: a slab hut
informal, mainly British an operating or mortuary table
mainly British and Australian informal a package containing 24 cans of beer
to cut or make into a slab or slabs
to cover or lay with slabs
to saw slabs from (a log)
Origin of slab
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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