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Definition slab
Etymology 1
From Middle English sclabbe, slabbe, of uncertain origin; possibly from *slap, related to dialectal slappel (“portion, piece”), along with slape (“slippery”), sleip (“smooth piece of timber”), borrowed through Old Norse sleipr from Proto-Germanic *slaipaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyb-. See also Norwegian sleip (“slippery”) and Icelandic sleipur.
Noun
slab (plural slabs)
- A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
- A paving stone; a flagstone.
- (Australia) A carton containing 24 cans of beer.
- An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
- A bird, the wryneck.
- (nautical) The slack part of a sail.
- (slang) A large, luxury pre-1980 General Motors vehicle, particularly a Buick, Oldsmobile or Cadillac.
- (surfing) A very large wave.
- (computing) A sequence of 12 adjacent bits, serving as a byte in some computers.
- (geology) Part of a tectonic plate that is being subducted.
Verb
slab (third-person singular simple present slabs, present participle slabbing, simple past and past participle slabbed)
- (transitive) To make something into a slab.
Etymology 2
Compare Goidelic and Irish slaib (“mud, mire left on a river strand”), and English slop (“puddle”).
Noun
slab (plural slabs)
- (archaic) Mud, sludge.
Adjective
slab (comparative more slab, superlative most slab)
- (archaic) Thick; viscous.
Etymology 3
Acronym of Slow, Loud And Bangin'.
Noun
slab (plural slabs)
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