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   slab

   /slab/

   noun

   • 1. a large, thick, flat piece of stone or concrete, typically square or rectangular in shape: "paving slabs"
   • ▪ a flat, heavy table top or counter, used during the preparation or display of food: "a fishmonger's slab"
   • ▪ a table used for laying a body on in a mortuary: British "he averted his eyes from the corpse on the slab"
   • ▪ 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"
   • 2. a large, thick slice or piece of cake, bread, chocolate, etc.: "a slab of bread and cheese"
   • 3. an outer piece of timber sawn from a log: "the slabs I trimmed away from the logs became the siding for the cabin walls"
   • 4. a pack containing 24 bottles or cans of beer. informal Australian, New Zealand

   verb

   • 1. remove slabs from (a log or tree) to prepare it for sawing into planks: "he slabbed the log on the two other remaining sides to make a rectangular timber"

   Word Origin Middle English: of unknown origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. slabby adjective

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   What is the meaning of slab?

   • 1. a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material. 2. a thick slice of anything: a slab of bread. 3. a rough outside piece cut from a log, as when sawing one into boards. 4. to make into a slab or slabs. 5. to cover or lay with slabs. 6. to cut the slabs or outside pieces from (a log).

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   What is a slab of concrete?

   • A slab of something is a thick, flat piece of it. ...huge concrete paving slabs. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. 5. 9. 10. 11. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

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   What is a slab in Mechanical Engineering?

   • A slab is a large, flat, thick piece of raw material, usually a few inches thick. Collins COBUILD Key Words for Mechanical Engineering. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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   What is floor slab?

   • Definition of floor slab. 1 : a paving slab. 2 : the slab forming the floor of a usually reinforced-concrete structure.

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   slab: [noun] a thick plate or slice (as of stone, wood, or bread): such as. the outside piece cut from a log in squaring it. a flat rectangular architectural element that is usually formed of a single piece or mass. a rectangular building having little width with respect to its length and usually height.

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   11 meanings: 1. a broad flat thick piece of wood, stone, or other material 2. a thick slice of cake, etc 3. any of the outside.... Click for more definitions.

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   slab: 1 n block consisting of a thick piece of something Types: show 6 types... hide 6 types... 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 ...