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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024slab1 /slæb/USA pronunciation n., v., slabbed, slab•bing. n. [countable] - a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- a thick piece or slice of anything:a slab of bread.
v. [~ + object] - to put on in slabs or layers:to slab butter on the bread.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024slab1 (slab),USA pronunciation n., v., slabbed, slab•bing. n. - a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- a thick slice of anything:a slab of bread.
- Metallurgya semifinished piece of iron or steel so rolled that its breadth is at least twice its thickness.
- Buildinga rough outside piece cut from a log, as when sawing one into boards.
- Sport[Baseball Slang.]rubber (def. 14).
- Buildinga section of concrete pavement or a concrete floor placed directly on the ground or on a base of gravel.
v.t. - Buildingto make into a slab or slabs.
- Buildingto cover or lay with slabs.
- Buildingto cut the slabs or outside pieces from (a log).
- to put on in slabs;
cover thickly.
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- Middle English sclabbe, slabbe 1250–1300
- Scottish Termsthick;
viscous.
- Scandinavian; compare Swedish, Norwegian slabb mire, Icelandic slabba to wade in mud
- apparently 1595–1605
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: slab /slæb/ n - 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
- (modifier) Austral NZ made or constructed of coarse wooden planks: a slab hut
- informal chiefly Brit an operating or mortuary table
- chiefly Brit Austral informal a package containing 24 cans of beer
vb (slabs, slabbing, slabbed)(transitive)- to cut or make into a slab or slabs
- to saw slabs from (a log)
Etymology: 13th Century: of unknown origin |