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- DictionarySlab/slab/
noun
- 1. a large, thick, flat piece of stone, concrete, or wood, typically rectangular: "paving slabs"
verb
- 1. remove slabs from (a log or tree) to prepare it for sawing into planks: "he slabbed the log on the two other remaining sides to make a rectangular timber"
The meaning of SLAB is a thick plate or slice (as of stone, wood, or bread). How to use slab in a sentence.
SLAB definition: 1. a thick, flat piece of a solid substance, such as stone, wood, metal, food, etc., that is…. Learn more.
noun. a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material. a thick slice of anything: a slab of bread. a semifinished piece of iron or steel so rolled that its breadth is at least twice its thickness. a rough outside piece cut from a log, as when sawing one into boards.
SLAB meaning: 1. a thick, flat piece of a solid substance, such as stone, wood, metal, food, etc., that is…. Learn more.
Definition of slab noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A slab is a great big thick piece of something. Your backyard patio, for example, might be made of a huge slab of concrete. A sidewalk is often composed of one cement slab after another — these are sometimes called paving slabs.
a thick slice of anything: a slab of bread. a semifinished piece of iron or steel so rolled that its breadth is at least twice its thickness. a rough outside piece cut from a log, as when sawing one into boards.
A slab is a large, flat, thick piece of raw material, usually a few inches thick. Sidewalks are usually made from concrete slabs. Horizontal slabs of steel reinforced concrete, usually between 100 and 500mm thick, are used to build floors and ceilings.
a thick, flat piece of something, especially stone: a slab of concrete. (Definition of slab from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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 rough outside piece cut from a log, as when sawing one into boards. v.t. 4. to make into a slab or slabs. 5. to cover or lay with slabs. 6. to cut the slabs or outside pieces from (a log).
