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slab / slab/ • n. a large, thick, flat piece of stone, concrete, or wood, typically rectangular: paving slabs she settled on a slab of rock. ∎ a large, thick slice or piece of cake, bread, chocolate, etc.: a slab of bread and cheese. ∎ Climbing a large, smooth, steep body of rock. ∎ an outer piece of timber sawn from a log. ∎ a table used for laying a body on in a morgue. • v. (slabbed , slab·bing ) [tr.] [often as n.] (slabbing) remove slabs from (a log or tree) to prepare it for sawing into planks. DERIVATIVES: slabbed adj. slab·by adj. |
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"slab." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "slab." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-slab.html "slab." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-slab.html |
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "slab." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "slab." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-slab.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "slab." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-slab.html |
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slab2 (dial.) marshy place, slush. XVII.
So adj. viscid XVII. prob. of Scand. orig. (cf. ODa. slab mud, Icel., Norw., Sw. slabb wet filth). |
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T. F. HOAD. "slab." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "slab." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-slab1.html T. F. HOAD. "slab." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-slab1.html |
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slab1 flat, broad, and thick piece. XIII. of unkn. orig.
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T. F. HOAD. "slab." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "slab." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-slab.html T. F. HOAD. "slab." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-slab.html |
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•blab, cab, confab, crab, Crabbe, dab, drab, fab, flab, gab, grab, jab, kebab, lab, nab, scab, slab, smash-and-grab, stab, tab
•Moab • baobab • rehab • pedicab
•minicab • taxicab • Skylab
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"slab." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "slab." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-slab.html "slab." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-slab.html |
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