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Definition of Slab

Slab
Slab 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
Slab 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
Slab Slab, n. That which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle. [Obs.] --Evelyn.

Meaning of Slab from wikipedia

- Look up slab in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Slab or SLAB may refer to: Concrete slab, a flat concrete plate used in construction Stone slab, a flat...
- Slab City, also called The Slabs, is an unincorporated, off-the-grid alternative lifestyle community consisting largely of snowbirds in the Salton Trough...
- Slab pull is a geophysical mechanism whereby the cooling and subsequent densifying of a subducting tectonic plate produces a downward force along the rest...
- concrete slab is a common structural element of modern buildings, consisting of a flat, horizontal surface made of cast concrete. Steel-reinforced slabs, typically...
- A waffle slab or two-way joist slab is a concrete slab made of reinforced concrete with concrete ribs running in two directions on its underside. The...
- In typography, a slab serif (also called mechanistic, square serif, antique or Egyptian) typeface is a type of serif typeface characterized by thick, block-like...
- Slab allocation is a memory management mechanism intended for the efficient memory allocation of objects. In comparison with earlier mechanisms, it reduces...
- Slab city is a derogatory term for an area which surrounded a sawmill in American frontier times. De-limbed timber was placed in the mill. The timber was...
- The Slab Grave culture is an archaeological culture of Late Bronze Age (LBA) and Early Iron Age Mongolia. The Slab Grave culture formed one of the primary...
- Examples of slab climbing In rock climbing a slab climb (or friction climb) is a type of climbing route where the rock face is 'off-angle' and not fully...