About The Word Slab
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Slab
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What's The Definition Of Slab?
[n] block consisting of a thick piece of something
Synonyms | Synonyms for Slab: Related Terms | Find terms related to Slab: See Also | block | butcher block | butcher board | tablet | tile Slab In Webster's Dictionary \Slab\, n. [OE. slabbe, of uncertain origin; perhaps
originally meaning, a smooth piece, and akin to slape, Icel.
sleipr slippery, and E. slip, v. i.]
1. A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other
stone, having plane surfaces. --Gwilt.
2. An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it
into boards, planks, etc.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.]
4. (Naut.) The slack part of a sail.
{Slab line} (Naut.), a line or small rope by which seamen
haul up the foot of the mainsail or foresail. --Totten.
\Slab\, a. [Cf. Gael. & Ir. slaib mud, mire left on a river strand, and E. slop puddle.] Thick; viscous. [Obs.] Make the gruel thick and slab. --Shak. \Slab\, n. That which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle. [Obs.] --Evelyn. |
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