slab

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈslæb/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/slæb/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(slab)

Inflections of 'slab' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
slabs
v 3rd person singular
slabbing
v pres p
slabbed
v past
slabbed
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
slab n (thick flat object)losa nf
  bloque nm
 There was a slab of stone covering the entrance.
 Cubriendo la entrada había una losa de piedra.
slab n (cake: thick slice)trozo nm
  porción nf
  pedazo nm
 Jeremy brought Martha a cup of coffee and a slab of his home-made lemon cake.
 Jeremy le trajo a Martha una taza de café y un trozo de tarta de limón casera.
slab n UK, informal (operating or mortuary table)mesa de autopsias nf + loc adj
 The pathologist told the detective she'd know more once she had the victim on the slab.
 La patóloga le dijo al detective que conocería más detalles cuando tuviera a la víctima en la mesa de autopsias.
slab [sth] vtr (make into slabs)hacer bloques loc verb
  hacer tablas loc verb
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
slab track (railroad track)riel nm
slab-sided adj (object: with flat sides)de lados planos, de lados chatos loc adj
slab-sided adj (person: thin)chato/a adj
  flaco/a adj
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Spanish:

Collocations: a slab [surface, floor, construction], a slab of [marble, stone, concrete, granite, wood], a [marble] slab, more...

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