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

Noun

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

2. informal a package containing 24 cans of beer [origin unknown]

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)

Translations

slab [slæb] n (stone) → bloque m [of wood] → tabla, plancha;

(flat) → losa; [of cake] → trozo; [of meat, cheese] → tajada, trozo

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slab [slæb] n → plaque f [of stone]; dalle f [of wood]; bloc m [of meat, cheese]; tranche épaisse

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slab [slæb] n (stone) → Platte f;

(of wood) → Tafel f;

(of cake, cheese) → großes Stück nt

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slab [slæb] n → lastra; [of wood] → tavola; [of meat, cheese] → pezzo

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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 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 板，塊 шматок; плита سل، تختئہ سنگ phiến, tấm, miếng 板，块