slab

slab ¹  (slb)

n.

1. A broad, flat, thick piece, as of stone or cheese.

2. An outside piece cut from a log when squaring it for lumber.

3. Baseball The pitcher's rubber.

tr.v. slabbed, slab·bing, slabs

1. To make or shape into slabs or a slab.

2. To cover or pave with slabs.

3. To dress (a log) by cutting slabs.

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[Middle English.]

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slab ²  (slb)

adj. Archaic

Viscid.

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[Probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish slab, mud.]

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slab [slæb]

n

1. a broad flat thick piece of wood, stone, or other material

2. a thick slice of cake, etc.

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) any of the outside parts of a log that are sawn off while the log is being made into planks

4. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Mountaineering) Mountaineering a flat sheet of rock lying at an angle of between 30° and 60° from the horizontal

5. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a printer's ink table

6. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) (modifier) Austral and NZ made or constructed of coarse wooden planks a slab hut

7. (Medicine / Surgery) Informal chiefly Brit an operating or mortuary table

vb slabs, slabbing, slabbed (tr)

1. to cut or make into a slab or slabs

2. to cover or lay with slabs

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) to saw slabs from (a log)

[of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

slab - block consisting of a thick piece of something block - a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks" butcher block, butcher board - a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood tablet - a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription tile - a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces

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slab

noun piece, slice, lump, chunk, wedge, hunk, portion, nugget, wodge (Brit. informal) slabs of stone

Translations

slab [slæb] N

1. [of stone] → losa f

2. (in mortuary) → plancha f de mármol, tabla f de mármol

3. [of chocolate] → tableta f; [of cake etc] → trozo m, tajada f; [of meat] → tajada f (gruesa)

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slab [ˈslæb] n

[stone, marble, concrete] → dalle f; [wood] → bloc m
a concrete slab → une dalle de béton paving slab

[meat] → pavé m; [chocolate, cheese] → bloc m; [cake] → épaisse tranche f

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slab

n (of wood etc) → Tafel f; (of stone, concrete etc) → Platte f; (in mortuary) → Tisch m; (= slice) → dicke Scheibe; (of cake, bread) → großes Stück; (of chocolate) → Tafel f

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slab [slæb] n (of stone, metal) → lastra; (of wood) → tavola; (of chocolate) → tavoletta; (of meat, cheese) → pezzo (fam) (in mortuary) → tavolo anatomico

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slab

n slab [slӕb]

a thick slice or thick flat piece of anything concrete slabs; a slab of cake. skyf, reep قِطْعَه سَميكَه парче řez, plátek plade; skive die Platte, die Scheibe πλάκα, φέτα losa paneel, käntsakas تخته laatta, paksu pala bloc, pavé לוּחַ पटिया, पत्थर का चौरस tanka ploča lap lempengan plata, hella; þykk sneið lastra, piastra 厚板 넓적하고 두꺼운 조각 plokštė, gabalas plāksne; plātne keping tebal plak flat blokk, helle, plate, tykk skive płyta, kawał bloco dală; felie большой кусок, брусок tabuľa; krajec, rez plošča ploča platta, häll, tjock skiva, kaka แผ่นวัสดุหนา kalın dilim 平板，厚板 шматок; плита سل، تختئہ سنگ phiến, tấm, miếng 板，块