Slab

noun
1.
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
2.
a thick slice of anything:
a slab of bread.
3.
a semifinished piece of iron or steel so rolled that its breadth is at least twice its thickness.
4.
a rough outside piece cut from a log, as when sawing one into boards.
5.
Baseball Slang. rubber1 (def 14).
6.
Building Trades. a section of concrete pavement or a concrete floor placed directly on the ground or on a base of gravel.
verb (used with object), slabbed, slabbing.
7.
to make into a slab or slabs.
8.
to cover or lay with slabs.
9.
to cut the slabs or outside pieces from (a log).
10.
to put on in slabs; cover thickly.
adjective, Scot. and North England.
1.
thick; viscous.
noun
1.
a broad flat thick piece of wood, stone, or other material
2.
a thick slice of cake, etc
3.
any of the outside parts of a log that are sawn off while the log is being made into planks
4.
(mountaineering) a flat sheet of rock lying at an angle of between 30° and 60° from the horizontal
5.
a printer’s ink table
6.
(modifier) (Austral & NZ) made or constructed of coarse wooden planks: a slab hut
7.
(informal, mainly Brit) an operating or mortuary table
8.
(mainly Brit & Austral, informal) a package containing 24 cans of beer
verb (transitive) slabs, slabbing, slabbed
9.
to cut or make into a slab or slabs
10.
to cover or lay with slabs
11.
to saw slabs from (a log)
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