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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025slab1 /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 © 2025slab1
(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
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(slab),USA pronunciation adj. Scot and North Eng.
- 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/ - 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) made or constructed of coarse wooden planks: a slab hut
- an operating or mortuary table
- a package containing 24 cans of beer
(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
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