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slab |slab| noun a large, thick, flat piece of stone, concrete, or wood, typically rectangular
: paving slabs | she settled on a slab of rock.
a large, thick slice or piece of cake, bread, chocolate, etc.
: a slab of bread and cheese.
Climbing a large, smooth, steep body of rock.
an outer piece of timber sawn from a log.
a table used for laying a body on in a morgue. verb ( slabbed , slabbing )
[ trans. ] [often as n. ] ( slabbing) remove slabs from (a log or tree) to prepare it for sawing into planks.
DERIVATIVES slabbed adjective slabby adjective
ORIGIN Middle English : of unknown origin.

: paving slabs | she settled on a slab of rock.
a large, thick slice or piece of cake, bread, chocolate, etc.
: a slab of bread and cheese.
Climbing a large, smooth, steep body of rock.
an outer piece of timber sawn from a log.
a table used for laying a body on in a morgue. verb ( slabbed , slabbing )
[ trans. ] [often as n. ] ( slabbing) remove slabs from (a log or tree) to prepare it for sawing into planks.
DERIVATIVES slabbed adjective slabby adjective
ORIGIN Middle English : of unknown origin.