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View usage for: (slæb) Word forms: plural slabscountable nounA slab of something is a thick, flat piece of it. ...slabs of stone. [+ of] ...huge concrete paving slabs. Synonyms: piece, slice, lump, chunk More Synonyms of slab (slæb) noun1. a broad flat thick piece of wood, stone, or other material 2. a thick slice of cake, etc 3. any of the outside parts of a log that are sawn off while the log is being made into planks 4. mountaineering a flat sheet of rock lying at an angle of between 30° and 60° from the horizontal 6. (modifier) Australian and New Zealand made or constructed of coarse wooden planks a slab hut 7. informal, mainly British an operating or mortuary table 8. mainly British and Australian informal a package containing 24 cans of beer verbWord forms: slabs, slabbing or slabbed (transitive)9. to cut or make into a slab or slabs 10. to cover or lay with slabs 11. to saw slabs from (a log) Word origin C13: of unknown origin slab in American English 1 (slæb) noun1. 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 verb transitiveWord forms: slabbed or ˈslabbing3. to make into a slab or slabs 4. to cut the slabs from (a log) 5. to pave or cover with slabs slab in American English 2 (slæb) adjective Archaic thick and heavy; viscid slab porridge Word origin < Scand, as in Swed dial. slabb, muddy water: for IE base see slaver 1slab in Mechanical Engineering (slæb) Word forms: (regular plural) slabs noun( Mechanical engineering: General) A slab is a large, flat, thick piece of raw material, usually a few inches thick. Sidewalks are usually made from concrete slabs. Horizontal slabs of steel reinforced concrete, usually between 100 and 500mm thick, are used to buildfloors and ceilings. A slab is a large, flat, thick piece of raw material, usually a few inches thick. Examples of 'slab' in a sentenceslab After four miles or so the road reaches a great grey slab of a building.Massive cliffs and huge slabs rise all around.The chances are you need a big slab of red meat to wake you up.None of them is worthy of a stone slab.Some old carpet on a slab of wood makes a window seat.He examined the stone slab floor and in one of the slabs discovered a ring.Another slab of wood pulls down from the wall of the pod to serve as his desk.The only way to keep it away would be to pour a thick concrete slab over the whole garden.Three big slabs of toast heaped with very fresh crab were lightly dressed and had an exciting kick of chilli.You enter a lobby lined with great slabs of marble, swirled with honey and caramel.The tunnels are sometimes fortified by concrete slabs, and some are equipped with electricity and phone lines.A sense of divine call is the great slab of bedrock upon which ministry rests.FINDING the motivation to swerve my onesie and a fat slab of cake is always a mental slog.And huge slabs of seafood.Dad blows out his candles and opens presents and they devour slabs of cake while I sit there feeling wretched. British English: slab NOUN A slab of something is a thick, flat piece of it. ...slabs of stone. - American English: slab
- Brazilian Portuguese: bloco
- Chinese: 厚板
- European Spanish: losa
- French: dalle
- German: Platte
- Italian: lastra
- Japanese: 厚板
- Korean: 두껍고 평평한 조각
- European Portuguese: bloco
- Latin American Spanish: losa
Chinese translation of 'slab' n (c) - [of stone, concrete]
厚板 (hòubǎn) - [of meat]
厚片 (hòupiàn)
Definition a broad flat thick piece of wood, stone, or other material slabs of stone Synonyms wodge (British, informal) Additional synonymsDefinition a thick solid piece of something Cut the melon into chunks. Synonyms piece, block, mass, portion, lump, slab, hunk, nugget, wad, dollop (informal), wodge (British, informal) Definition a large piece a thick hunk of bread Synonyms lump, piece, chunk, block, mass, wedge, slab, nugget, wodge (British, informal), gobbet Definition a small solid mass without definite shape a lump of wood Synonyms piece, group, ball, spot, block, mass, cake, bunch, cluster, chunk, wedge, dab, hunk, nugget, gob, clod, gobbet Additional synonymsDefinition a small lump of gold in its natural state Miners sifting gravel from the Yukon River in search of gold nuggets Synonyms lump, piece, mass, chunk, clump, hunkDefinition a part of a whole I have spent a large portion of my life here. Synonyms part, bit, piece, section, scrap, segment, fragment, fraction, chunk, wedge, hunk, morselDefinition a thin flat piece or wedge cut from something water flavoured with a slice of lemon Synonyms piece, segment, portion, wedge, sliver, helping, share, cut (informal) Definition a slice shaped like a wedge a wedge of cheese Synonyms block, segment, lump, chunk, triangle, slab, hunk, chock, wodge (British, informal) |