slab
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- noun
- /slæb/
:
losa
- Such a deck is commonly a concrete slab with prestressed wire reinforcement.
- concrete slab
- marble slab
- stone slab
Man that is a thick slab of aluminium.
- Man that is a thick slab of aluminium.
- Maybe I just pick up the slab, build the bench, drop it off the next day.
- So we actually found it was like a six foot slab.
Examples
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There is an old man ahead of us buying slab bacon and Polish sausage.
Fiction book (1990) -
$9 for a tuna melt, it's canned tuna, a slab of cheese and toast.
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This is the same size lead slab I use in my own lab.
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Man that is a thick slab of aluminium.
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Nothing was left but the stone slab walls, the stone slab roof, the wind blowing through.
Fiction book (1991) -
And in here we have these nice slabs of marble for them.
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Others near them carried huge, circular slabs of stone with the centers cut out.
Fiction book (1992) -
Milton found that after his nightly slab of cake, sleep came more easily and gently.
Fiction book (1990) -
The entrance stairway was falling apart; you could see slabs of fine marble lying crisscrossed.
Fiction book (1992) -
The builders laid a thick concrete slab as the foundation for the new house.
Synonyms
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A flat piece of stone used to make a hard surface for paths or roads
How Thick
Surface Forms
Etymology
Slab probably comes from an old Norse word like slabbi that meant 'a flat slice' or 'piece'. Think of a thick 'slice' of stone or cheese, and you have the image that makes slab mean a large, flat piece today.