Definition of slab in English:

slab

nounPlural slabs slabslæb

1A large, thick, flat piece of stone or concrete, typically square or rectangular in shape.
paving slabs
she settled on a slab of rock
Example sentencesExamples
- Water flows through radiant tubes in floor slabs for both heating and cooling.
- It has been carved from a massive slab of marble.
- The weight of the chair back is equivalent to two paving slabs.
- Many of the stone paving slabs are 200 years old and too expensive for Leeds City Council to replace.
- Hot and cold running water leads to a newly enameled green tub set on a thick stone slab.
- The court heard that Mr Baker was injured when marble slabs fell on him.
- At the Tileco warehouse they have all these precut granite slabs held together with heavy straps.
- A concrete slab on grade or floor is going to crack.
- On the ground he will place a granite slab recording the building's history.
- There he tipped the lot onto a cement slab and stepped back smartly.
- Massive concrete floor slabs provide thermal storage, collecting heat and giving it off again later on.
- The panels form 5-inch-wide concrete joists integral with the floor slab.
- He pushed it and the next sound heard was of two marble slabs being rubbed together.
- Stone slabs were removed and the footpaths were cemented.
- I saw her face, cold as stone and heavy as a marble slab.
- Rev stood in a dark stone room with a large rectangular slab of metal hanging close to the ground.
- The walled back garden is laid in concrete paving slabs with flowerbeds in the border.
- The heavy slabs laid to cover drains along the tracks hinder cleaning and have become a breeding ground for mosquitoes.
- Concrete paving slabs, available from the big DIY chains, can look almost as good as the real thing.
Synonyms
flagstone, flag, sett
1. 1.1 A flat, heavy table top or counter, used during the preparation or display of food.
  a fishmonger's slab
  Example sentencesExamples
  There is a room divider topped with an enormous slab of black granite, to neatly bisect the dining area.
2. 1.2British A table used for laying a body on in a mortuary.
  he averted his eyes from the corpse on the slab
  Example sentencesExamples
  We know who is going to be in the back of the ambulance, or indeed on the slab in our mortuaries.
  Many bones then languish in climate-controlled storage, on steel slabs like mortuaries, waiting once again.
  He approached the body lying on the slab in the middle of the room and pulled back the sheet.
  The great doors swung open, and there upon an embalming slab lay her battered body.
  Looking up into the powerful overhead lights and feeling the cold slab under me, I knew I had it coming.
  She begins to experiment, creating casts of mortuary slabs as well as mundane household objects.
  Some churches are as warm and inviting as a mortuary slab.
  Whiteread cast them from two mortuary slabs which she had bought from a salvage yard in Hackney.
  Slowly, holding her breath, feeling her stomach turn with bleak expectations, she walked across the room to the operating slab.
  All lines of analysis run through, from, and back to the body on a slab.
  He turns on the light and walks to the body of the old man laying on the slab.
3. 1.3Climbing A large, smooth body of rock lying at a sharp angle to the horizontal.
  he handled the rope competently and set out up the centre of the slab
  Example sentencesExamples
  A small lip guarded the final corner, which lead to a very smooth slab.
  Start at the lowest rocks and climb the slabs above until stopped by a smooth bulge.
  Jake climbed up onto the slab of rock again and sat there with his legs crossed, staring down at me.
  I quickly hauled myself up and hiked to a bolted belay on the higher slab.
  Great marble slabs clawed their way out of the earth, gigantic and marvellous, revelling in their beauty.
2A large, thick slice or piece of cake, bread, chocolate, etc.
a slab of bread and cheese
Example sentencesExamples
- Huge slabs of raw meat were roasting slowly within the scorching flames.
- The accompanying mushrooms and salad were the perfect complement to the huge slab of meat.
- Perhaps - unlike you - she declined that great big slab of delicious chocolate cake.
- The female lead had the sizzle and smolder of a cold slab of butter, too.
- Between killings Uzi wolfed down enormous slabs of apple pie and chocolate mousse cake.
- Slabs of beef like that wouldn't even get us publicity.
- There were also dense slabs of chocolate fondant, and an apple croustade with a light, frilly crust that melted to butter in your mouth.
- The well-used copper utensils, heavy slab of salmon and a lemon almost suspended at the table edge each play their own unostentatious part in this scene.
- My brother went for the burger option, an impressively thick slab of meat accompanied by chunky, tasty chips.
- My lunch consisted of bread and cheese, two small slabs of beef and two apples and water, all of which I shared with Khalon.
- Stuff it into a red bell pepper instead of sandwiching it between two slabs of Wonder bread.
- A tender, gently cooked slab of pork is lightly crusted in nuts and herbs.
- Between slabs of bread the crispness was tolerable.
- We enjoyed it with a slab of delicious chocolate cake.
- There is something utterly indulgent, delicious and satisfying about a slab of chocolate cake.
- The mussels bathe in a chilli and wine concoction, perfect for dipping the slabs of brown bread that accompany the meals.
- The frittata roll is also divine: a squidgy herby omelette sitting between two slabs of bread or in a roll is the stuff of dreams.
- She placed the cake on the table and watched the heat rise from the dark slab of deliciousness.
Synonyms
piece, block, hunk, chunk, lump
portion
cake, tablet, brick, wodge
3An outer piece of timber sawn from a log.
the slabs I trimmed away from the logs became the siding for the cabin walls
Example sentencesExamples
- She swung the large slab of mahogany open to rest her eyes upon Marcus.
- He threw the last slab of wood on Mr. Garvey's buggy.
- Plastic bags and clothes lay beside the washing slabs, seemingly abandoned.
- A sound much like knocking on a slab of wood reached my ears.
- She couldn't see through them, because they had been boarded up on one side with a massive slab of mahogany.
- On slabs with waterproof finishes, problems start to develop when the relative humidity climbs above 87%.
- The entrance doors are huge wooden slabs, engraved in sign language by Durban craftspeople, depicting the 27 themes of the Bill of Rights.
- The doors yawned open in front of them, the heavy, wooden slabs teasing her with memories of the hell that lay inside.
- James bobbed up first, treading water and grasping for a sizable slab of lumber.
- Vermont researcher Bernd Heinrich once watched a wild raven trying to carve out a piece of the action from a huge slab of suet.
- There was raw chicken on a driftwood slab for this farewell meal too.
- Now we were before the great hall itself, and I looked up at timber walls made of slabs of oak four times my height.
- This is where we met them, crawling out of timber slab houses.
- On their shoulders, they tote a 100-pound slab of wood.
4Australian NZ informal A pack containing 24 bottles or cans of beer.
Example sentencesExamples
- There were hundreds, if not thousands, of megalitres being traded for one slab of beer.
- Load up the ute with two spare tyres and a few slabs of beer, we're off on a virtual road trip through the history of life.
- Winner gets a free slab of beer and all the pies that they can eat.

verbslabs, slabbing, slabbed slabslæb

[with object]often as noun slabbing

Remove slabs from (a log or tree) to prepare it for sawing into planks.
a well-centred log is more secure for improved slabbing performance
Example sentencesExamples
- The company has developed and supplies a unique slabbing system.

Derivatives

slabby

adjective

As they begin to climb the succession of slabby cliffs and steep grassy slopes, Dickey turns to his companions and says, ‘We gotta whack this guy, tonight.’
Example sentencesExamples
- Lee warmed up on the slabby 17, and I decided to repeat it wearing my sandshoes.
- I duly followed, passing a man trying to negotiate the slabby traverse.
- The side view would be slabby except that it is broken well by a crease along the doorhandle lines and a well-placed rubbing strip.
- It gets better and better, the water cutting deeper into the curved and hollowed rock, with slabby undercuts and terraced waterfalls.

Origin

Middle English: of unknown origin.

Rhymes

blab, cab, confab, crab, Crabbe, dab, drab, fab, flab, gab, grab, jab, kebab, lab, nab, scab, smash-and-grab, stab, tab

Definition of slab in US English:

slab

nounslabslæb

1A large, thick, flat piece of stone, concrete, or wood, typically rectangular.
paving slabs
she settled on a slab of rock
Example sentencesExamples
- The heavy slabs laid to cover drains along the tracks hinder cleaning and have become a breeding ground for mosquitoes.
- Concrete paving slabs, available from the big DIY chains, can look almost as good as the real thing.
- He pushed it and the next sound heard was of two marble slabs being rubbed together.
- Rev stood in a dark stone room with a large rectangular slab of metal hanging close to the ground.
- A concrete slab on grade or floor is going to crack.
- On the ground he will place a granite slab recording the building's history.
- Hot and cold running water leads to a newly enameled green tub set on a thick stone slab.
- The weight of the chair back is equivalent to two paving slabs.
- I saw her face, cold as stone and heavy as a marble slab.
- Water flows through radiant tubes in floor slabs for both heating and cooling.
- It has been carved from a massive slab of marble.
- The panels form 5-inch-wide concrete joists integral with the floor slab.
- Many of the stone paving slabs are 200 years old and too expensive for Leeds City Council to replace.
- At the Tileco warehouse they have all these precut granite slabs held together with heavy straps.
- The walled back garden is laid in concrete paving slabs with flowerbeds in the border.
- Stone slabs were removed and the footpaths were cemented.
- The court heard that Mr Baker was injured when marble slabs fell on him.
- Massive concrete floor slabs provide thermal storage, collecting heat and giving it off again later on.
- There he tipped the lot onto a cement slab and stepped back smartly.
Synonyms
flagstone, flag, sett
1. 1.1 A large, thick slice or piece of cake, bread, chocolate, etc.
  a slab of bread and cheese
  Example sentencesExamples
  My lunch consisted of bread and cheese, two small slabs of beef and two apples and water, all of which I shared with Khalon.
  There were also dense slabs of chocolate fondant, and an apple croustade with a light, frilly crust that melted to butter in your mouth.
  My brother went for the burger option, an impressively thick slab of meat accompanied by chunky, tasty chips.
  We enjoyed it with a slab of delicious chocolate cake.
  The female lead had the sizzle and smolder of a cold slab of butter, too.
  Slabs of beef like that wouldn't even get us publicity.
  Huge slabs of raw meat were roasting slowly within the scorching flames.
  There is something utterly indulgent, delicious and satisfying about a slab of chocolate cake.
  Between killings Uzi wolfed down enormous slabs of apple pie and chocolate mousse cake.
  The accompanying mushrooms and salad were the perfect complement to the huge slab of meat.
  She placed the cake on the table and watched the heat rise from the dark slab of deliciousness.
  Stuff it into a red bell pepper instead of sandwiching it between two slabs of Wonder bread.
  The frittata roll is also divine: a squidgy herby omelette sitting between two slabs of bread or in a roll is the stuff of dreams.
  Between slabs of bread the crispness was tolerable.
  Perhaps - unlike you - she declined that great big slab of delicious chocolate cake.
  The well-used copper utensils, heavy slab of salmon and a lemon almost suspended at the table edge each play their own unostentatious part in this scene.
  A tender, gently cooked slab of pork is lightly crusted in nuts and herbs.
  The mussels bathe in a chilli and wine concoction, perfect for dipping the slabs of brown bread that accompany the meals.
  Synonyms
  piece, block, hunk, chunk, lump
2. 1.2Climbing A large, smooth, steep body of rock.
  Example sentencesExamples
  I quickly hauled myself up and hiked to a bolted belay on the higher slab.
  A small lip guarded the final corner, which lead to a very smooth slab.
  Great marble slabs clawed their way out of the earth, gigantic and marvellous, revelling in their beauty.
  Start at the lowest rocks and climb the slabs above until stopped by a smooth bulge.
  Jake climbed up onto the slab of rock again and sat there with his legs crossed, staring down at me.
3. 1.3 An outer piece of timber sawn from a log.
  Example sentencesExamples
  On their shoulders, they tote a 100-pound slab of wood.
  James bobbed up first, treading water and grasping for a sizable slab of lumber.
  She swung the large slab of mahogany open to rest her eyes upon Marcus.
  There was raw chicken on a driftwood slab for this farewell meal too.
  Plastic bags and clothes lay beside the washing slabs, seemingly abandoned.
  Vermont researcher Bernd Heinrich once watched a wild raven trying to carve out a piece of the action from a huge slab of suet.
  She couldn't see through them, because they had been boarded up on one side with a massive slab of mahogany.
  The doors yawned open in front of them, the heavy, wooden slabs teasing her with memories of the hell that lay inside.
  Now we were before the great hall itself, and I looked up at timber walls made of slabs of oak four times my height.
  On slabs with waterproof finishes, problems start to develop when the relative humidity climbs above 87%.
  This is where we met them, crawling out of timber slab houses.
  He threw the last slab of wood on Mr. Garvey's buggy.
  The entrance doors are huge wooden slabs, engraved in sign language by Durban craftspeople, depicting the 27 themes of the Bill of Rights.
  A sound much like knocking on a slab of wood reached my ears.
4. 1.4 A table used for laying a body on in a morgue.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Many bones then languish in climate-controlled storage, on steel slabs like mortuaries, waiting once again.
  She begins to experiment, creating casts of mortuary slabs as well as mundane household objects.
  We know who is going to be in the back of the ambulance, or indeed on the slab in our mortuaries.
  Some churches are as warm and inviting as a mortuary slab.
  Whiteread cast them from two mortuary slabs which she had bought from a salvage yard in Hackney.
  He approached the body lying on the slab in the middle of the room and pulled back the sheet.
  He turns on the light and walks to the body of the old man laying on the slab.
  Slowly, holding her breath, feeling her stomach turn with bleak expectations, she walked across the room to the operating slab.
  Looking up into the powerful overhead lights and feeling the cold slab under me, I knew I had it coming.
  All lines of analysis run through, from, and back to the body on a slab.
  The great doors swung open, and there upon an embalming slab lay her battered body.

verbslabslæb

[with object]often as noun slabbing

Remove slabs from (a log or tree) to prepare it for sawing into planks.
Example sentencesExamples
- The company has developed and supplies a unique slabbing system.

Origin

Middle English: of unknown origin.

单词	slab
释义	Definition of slab in English: slab nounPlural slabs slabslæb 1A large, thick, flat piece of stone or concrete, typically square or rectangular in shape. paving slabs she settled on a slab of rock Example sentencesExamples Water flows through radiant tubes in floor slabs for both heating and cooling. It has been carved from a massive slab of marble. The weight of the chair back is equivalent to two paving slabs. Many of the stone paving slabs are 200 years old and too expensive for Leeds City Council to replace. Hot and cold running water leads to a newly enameled green tub set on a thick stone slab. The court heard that Mr Baker was injured when marble slabs fell on him. At the Tileco warehouse they have all these precut granite slabs held together with heavy straps. A concrete slab on grade or floor is going to crack. On the ground he will place a granite slab recording the building's history. There he tipped the lot onto a cement slab and stepped back smartly. Massive concrete floor slabs provide thermal storage, collecting heat and giving it off again later on. The panels form 5-inch-wide concrete joists integral with the floor slab. He pushed it and the next sound heard was of two marble slabs being rubbed together. Stone slabs were removed and the footpaths were cemented. I saw her face, cold as stone and heavy as a marble slab. Rev stood in a dark stone room with a large rectangular slab of metal hanging close to the ground. The walled back garden is laid in concrete paving slabs with flowerbeds in the border. The heavy slabs laid to cover drains along the tracks hinder cleaning and have become a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Concrete paving slabs, available from the big DIY chains, can look almost as good as the real thing. Synonyms flagstone, flag, sett 1.1 A flat, heavy table top or counter, used during the preparation or display of food. a fishmonger's slab Example sentencesExamples There is a room divider topped with an enormous slab of black granite, to neatly bisect the dining area. 1.2British A table used for laying a body on in a mortuary. he averted his eyes from the corpse on the slab Example sentencesExamples We know who is going to be in the back of the ambulance, or indeed on the slab in our mortuaries. Many bones then languish in climate-controlled storage, on steel slabs like mortuaries, waiting once again. He approached the body lying on the slab in the middle of the room and pulled back the sheet. The great doors swung open, and there upon an embalming slab lay her battered body. Looking up into the powerful overhead lights and feeling the cold slab under me, I knew I had it coming. She begins to experiment, creating casts of mortuary slabs as well as mundane household objects. Some churches are as warm and inviting as a mortuary slab. Whiteread cast them from two mortuary slabs which she had bought from a salvage yard in Hackney. Slowly, holding her breath, feeling her stomach turn with bleak expectations, she walked across the room to the operating slab. All lines of analysis run through, from, and back to the body on a slab. He turns on the light and walks to the body of the old man laying on the slab. 1.3Climbing A large, smooth body of rock lying at a sharp angle to the horizontal. he handled the rope competently and set out up the centre of the slab Example sentencesExamples A small lip guarded the final corner, which lead to a very smooth slab. Start at the lowest rocks and climb the slabs above until stopped by a smooth bulge. Jake climbed up onto the slab of rock again and sat there with his legs crossed, staring down at me. I quickly hauled myself up and hiked to a bolted belay on the higher slab. Great marble slabs clawed their way out of the earth, gigantic and marvellous, revelling in their beauty. 2A large, thick slice or piece of cake, bread, chocolate, etc. a slab of bread and cheese Example sentencesExamples Huge slabs of raw meat were roasting slowly within the scorching flames. The accompanying mushrooms and salad were the perfect complement to the huge slab of meat. Perhaps - unlike you - she declined that great big slab of delicious chocolate cake. The female lead had the sizzle and smolder of a cold slab of butter, too. Between killings Uzi wolfed down enormous slabs of apple pie and chocolate mousse cake. Slabs of beef like that wouldn't even get us publicity. There were also dense slabs of chocolate fondant, and an apple croustade with a light, frilly crust that melted to butter in your mouth. The well-used copper utensils, heavy slab of salmon and a lemon almost suspended at the table edge each play their own unostentatious part in this scene. My brother went for the burger option, an impressively thick slab of meat accompanied by chunky, tasty chips. My lunch consisted of bread and cheese, two small slabs of beef and two apples and water, all of which I shared with Khalon. Stuff it into a red bell pepper instead of sandwiching it between two slabs of Wonder bread. A tender, gently cooked slab of pork is lightly crusted in nuts and herbs. Between slabs of bread the crispness was tolerable. We enjoyed it with a slab of delicious chocolate cake. There is something utterly indulgent, delicious and satisfying about a slab of chocolate cake. The mussels bathe in a chilli and wine concoction, perfect for dipping the slabs of brown bread that accompany the meals. The frittata roll is also divine: a squidgy herby omelette sitting between two slabs of bread or in a roll is the stuff of dreams. She placed the cake on the table and watched the heat rise from the dark slab of deliciousness. Synonyms piece, block, hunk, chunk, lump portion cake, tablet, brick, wodge 3An outer piece of timber sawn from a log. the slabs I trimmed away from the logs became the siding for the cabin walls Example sentencesExamples She swung the large slab of mahogany open to rest her eyes upon Marcus. He threw the last slab of wood on Mr. Garvey's buggy. Plastic bags and clothes lay beside the washing slabs, seemingly abandoned. A sound much like knocking on a slab of wood reached my ears. She couldn't see through them, because they had been boarded up on one side with a massive slab of mahogany. On slabs with waterproof finishes, problems start to develop when the relative humidity climbs above 87%. The entrance doors are huge wooden slabs, engraved in sign language by Durban craftspeople, depicting the 27 themes of the Bill of Rights. The doors yawned open in front of them, the heavy, wooden slabs teasing her with memories of the hell that lay inside. James bobbed up first, treading water and grasping for a sizable slab of lumber. Vermont researcher Bernd Heinrich once watched a wild raven trying to carve out a piece of the action from a huge slab of suet. There was raw chicken on a driftwood slab for this farewell meal too. Now we were before the great hall itself, and I looked up at timber walls made of slabs of oak four times my height. This is where we met them, crawling out of timber slab houses. On their shoulders, they tote a 100-pound slab of wood. 4Australian NZ informal A pack containing 24 bottles or cans of beer. Example sentencesExamples There were hundreds, if not thousands, of megalitres being traded for one slab of beer. Load up the ute with two spare tyres and a few slabs of beer, we're off on a virtual road trip through the history of life. Winner gets a free slab of beer and all the pies that they can eat. verbslabs, slabbing, slabbed slabslæb [with object]often as noun slabbing Remove slabs from (a log or tree) to prepare it for sawing into planks. a well-centred log is more secure for improved slabbing performance Example sentencesExamples The company has developed and supplies a unique slabbing system. Derivatives slabby adjective As they begin to climb the succession of slabby cliffs and steep grassy slopes, Dickey turns to his companions and says, ‘We gotta whack this guy, tonight.’ Example sentencesExamples Lee warmed up on the slabby 17, and I decided to repeat it wearing my sandshoes. I duly followed, passing a man trying to negotiate the slabby traverse. The side view would be slabby except that it is broken well by a crease along the doorhandle lines and a well-placed rubbing strip. It gets better and better, the water cutting deeper into the curved and hollowed rock, with slabby undercuts and terraced waterfalls. Origin Middle English: of unknown origin. Rhymes blab, cab, confab, crab, Crabbe, dab, drab, fab, flab, gab, grab, jab, kebab, lab, nab, scab, smash-and-grab, stab, tab Definition of slab in US English: slab nounslabslæb 1A large, thick, flat piece of stone, concrete, or wood, typically rectangular. paving slabs she settled on a slab of rock Example sentencesExamples The heavy slabs laid to cover drains along the tracks hinder cleaning and have become a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Concrete paving slabs, available from the big DIY chains, can look almost as good as the real thing. He pushed it and the next sound heard was of two marble slabs being rubbed together. Rev stood in a dark stone room with a large rectangular slab of metal hanging close to the ground. A concrete slab on grade or floor is going to crack. On the ground he will place a granite slab recording the building's history. Hot and cold running water leads to a newly enameled green tub set on a thick stone slab. The weight of the chair back is equivalent to two paving slabs. I saw her face, cold as stone and heavy as a marble slab. Water flows through radiant tubes in floor slabs for both heating and cooling. It has been carved from a massive slab of marble. The panels form 5-inch-wide concrete joists integral with the floor slab. Many of the stone paving slabs are 200 years old and too expensive for Leeds City Council to replace. At the Tileco warehouse they have all these precut granite slabs held together with heavy straps. The walled back garden is laid in concrete paving slabs with flowerbeds in the border. Stone slabs were removed and the footpaths were cemented. The court heard that Mr Baker was injured when marble slabs fell on him. Massive concrete floor slabs provide thermal storage, collecting heat and giving it off again later on. There he tipped the lot onto a cement slab and stepped back smartly. Synonyms flagstone, flag, sett 1.1 A large, thick slice or piece of cake, bread, chocolate, etc. a slab of bread and cheese Example sentencesExamples My lunch consisted of bread and cheese, two small slabs of beef and two apples and water, all of which I shared with Khalon. There were also dense slabs of chocolate fondant, and an apple croustade with a light, frilly crust that melted to butter in your mouth. My brother went for the burger option, an impressively thick slab of meat accompanied by chunky, tasty chips. We enjoyed it with a slab of delicious chocolate cake. The female lead had the sizzle and smolder of a cold slab of butter, too. Slabs of beef like that wouldn't even get us publicity. Huge slabs of raw meat were roasting slowly within the scorching flames. There is something utterly indulgent, delicious and satisfying about a slab of chocolate cake. Between killings Uzi wolfed down enormous slabs of apple pie and chocolate mousse cake. The accompanying mushrooms and salad were the perfect complement to the huge slab of meat. She placed the cake on the table and watched the heat rise from the dark slab of deliciousness. Stuff it into a red bell pepper instead of sandwiching it between two slabs of Wonder bread. The frittata roll is also divine: a squidgy herby omelette sitting between two slabs of bread or in a roll is the stuff of dreams. Between slabs of bread the crispness was tolerable. Perhaps - unlike you - she declined that great big slab of delicious chocolate cake. The well-used copper utensils, heavy slab of salmon and a lemon almost suspended at the table edge each play their own unostentatious part in this scene. A tender, gently cooked slab of pork is lightly crusted in nuts and herbs. The mussels bathe in a chilli and wine concoction, perfect for dipping the slabs of brown bread that accompany the meals. Synonyms piece, block, hunk, chunk, lump 1.2Climbing A large, smooth, steep body of rock. Example sentencesExamples I quickly hauled myself up and hiked to a bolted belay on the higher slab. A small lip guarded the final corner, which lead to a very smooth slab. Great marble slabs clawed their way out of the earth, gigantic and marvellous, revelling in their beauty. Start at the lowest rocks and climb the slabs above until stopped by a smooth bulge. Jake climbed up onto the slab of rock again and sat there with his legs crossed, staring down at me. 1.3 An outer piece of timber sawn from a log. Example sentencesExamples On their shoulders, they tote a 100-pound slab of wood. James bobbed up first, treading water and grasping for a sizable slab of lumber. She swung the large slab of mahogany open to rest her eyes upon Marcus. There was raw chicken on a driftwood slab for this farewell meal too. Plastic bags and clothes lay beside the washing slabs, seemingly abandoned. Vermont researcher Bernd Heinrich once watched a wild raven trying to carve out a piece of the action from a huge slab of suet. She couldn't see through them, because they had been boarded up on one side with a massive slab of mahogany. The doors yawned open in front of them, the heavy, wooden slabs teasing her with memories of the hell that lay inside. Now we were before the great hall itself, and I looked up at timber walls made of slabs of oak four times my height. On slabs with waterproof finishes, problems start to develop when the relative humidity climbs above 87%. This is where we met them, crawling out of timber slab houses. He threw the last slab of wood on Mr. Garvey's buggy. The entrance doors are huge wooden slabs, engraved in sign language by Durban craftspeople, depicting the 27 themes of the Bill of Rights. A sound much like knocking on a slab of wood reached my ears. 1.4 A table used for laying a body on in a morgue. Example sentencesExamples Many bones then languish in climate-controlled storage, on steel slabs like mortuaries, waiting once again. She begins to experiment, creating casts of mortuary slabs as well as mundane household objects. We know who is going to be in the back of the ambulance, or indeed on the slab in our mortuaries. Some churches are as warm and inviting as a mortuary slab. Whiteread cast them from two mortuary slabs which she had bought from a salvage yard in Hackney. He approached the body lying on the slab in the middle of the room and pulled back the sheet. He turns on the light and walks to the body of the old man laying on the slab. Slowly, holding her breath, feeling her stomach turn with bleak expectations, she walked across the room to the operating slab. Looking up into the powerful overhead lights and feeling the cold slab under me, I knew I had it coming. All lines of analysis run through, from, and back to the body on a slab. The great doors swung open, and there upon an embalming slab lay her battered body. verbslabslæb [with object]often as noun slabbing Remove slabs from (a log or tree) to prepare it for sawing into planks. Example sentencesExamples The company has developed and supplies a unique slabbing system. Origin Middle English: of unknown origin.
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