adj
Meaning 1
Thick; viscous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Standard Lemma guide
slab
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A paving stone; a flagstone.
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noun
Meaning 4
A carton containing 24 cans (chiefly of beer).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
Examples
- 2008, Diem Vo, Family Life, Alice Pung (editor), page 156, However, unlike in Ramsay Street, there were never any cups of tea or bickies served. Instead, each family unit came armed with a slab of beer.
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noun
Meaning 5
An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
The slack part of a sail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 7
A very large wave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing
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noun
Meaning 8
The amount by which a cache can grow or shrink, used in memory allocation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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noun
Meaning 9
Part of a tectonic plate that is being, or has been, subducted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 10
A poured-concrete foundation for a building.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, construction, manufacturing
Examples
- Next week they'll pour the slab that the shed will sit on.
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noun
Meaning 11
A region between two parallel lines in the Euclidean plane, or between two parallel planes in three-dimensional Euclidean space, or between two hyperplanes in higher dimensions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 12
Any of the several portions or tiers in a tax rate plan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, especially
Topics: economics, government, sciences, taxation
Examples
- Near-synonym: tax bracket
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Synonyms: tax bracket
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noun
Meaning 13
A flat, sealed plastic case that encloses a flat collector's item, such as a coin or a trading card.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 14
A large, luxury pre-1980 General Motors vehicle, particularly a Buick, Oldsmobile, or Cadillac.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang
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Broader terms: sled, land yacht, boat, car, motor vehicle, vehicle
noun
Meaning 15
Ellipsis of slab avalanche.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, physical
Topics: geography, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 16
Mud, sludge, or other viscous matter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 17
A car that has been modified with equipment such as loudspeakers, lights, special paint, hydraulics, and other accessories.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Southern-US, slang
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noun
Meaning 18
A bird, the wryneck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, dialectal, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 19
A sequence of 12 adjacent bits, serving as a byte in some computers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
Meaning 20
To make into a slab.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 21
To destroy (a structure) so completely as to leave only the foundation slab visible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
Examples
- Multiple homes were slabbed by the monster tornado.
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Synonyms: raze
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noun
Meaning 22
block consisting of a thick piece of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: block
Narrower terms: butcher board, butcher block, tablet, tile
History
Etymology
Compare Scottish Gaelic slàib (“mud”) and Irish slaba (“muddy flat”), and English slop (“puddle”).
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.
Acronym of Slow, Loud And Bangin'. This term been popularized through the southern rap genre of hip-hop, most notably by rappers such as Paul Wall, Chamillionaire, Lil' Keke, and others.
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Across languages
Translations
93 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: սալ (sal) — flat piece of material
- Bulgarian: плоча (ploča) — flat piece of material
- Catalan: placa — flat piece of material
- Catalan: tauló — flat piece of material
- Chinese Mandarin: 鋼板 /钢板 (gāngbǎn) — flat piece of material
- Chinese Mandarin: 石板 (shíbǎn) — flat piece of material
- Chinese Mandarin: 水泥板 (shuǐníbǎn) — flat piece of material
- Chinese Mandarin: 厚板 (hòubǎn) — flat piece of material
- Chinese Mandarin: 平板 (píngbǎn) — flat piece of material
- Finnish: laatta — flat piece of material
- Finnish: levy — flat piece of material
- Finnish: kimpale — flat piece of material
- French: chape — flat piece of material
- Galician: laxe — flat piece of material
- Galician: placa — flat piece of material
- Galician: lastra — flat piece of material
- Galician: lamela — flat piece of material
- Galician: lamia — flat piece of material
- Galician: launa — flat piece of material
- German: Scheibe — flat piece of material
- German: Platte — flat piece of material
- German: Tafel — flat piece of material
- German: Bodenelement — flat piece of material
- German: Wandelement — flat piece of material
- German: Deckenplatte — flat piece of material
- Greek: πλάκα (pláka) — flat piece of material
- Ancient Greek: ἄβαξ (ábax) — flat piece of material
- Hindi: सिलाप (silāp) — flat piece of material
- Irish: leac — flat piece of material
- Italian: piastra — flat piece of material
- Italian: lastra — flat piece of material
- Italian: fetta — flat piece of material
- Italian: soletta — flat piece of material
- Japanese: 平板 (heiban) — flat piece of material
- Japanese: スラブ (surabu) — flat piece of material
- Portuguese: laje — flat piece of material
- Romanian: placă — flat piece of material
- Russian: плита́ (plitá) — flat piece of material
- Russian: слэ́б (slɛ́b) — flat piece of material
- Russian: плитня́к (plitnják) — flat piece of material
- Slovene: tablica — flat piece of material
- Slovene: plošča — flat piece of material
- Spanish: plancha — flat piece of material
- Spanish: tabla — flat piece of material
- Spanish: lámina — flat piece of material
- Spanish: llábana — flat piece of material
- Spanish: lastra — flat piece of material
- Spanish: losa — flat piece of material
- Spanish: laja — flat piece of material
- Swedish: skiva — flat piece of material
- Swedish: platta — flat piece of material
- Urdu: سِلاپ (silāp) — flat piece of material
- Arabic: بَلَاط (balāṭ) — paving stone
- Armenian: սալաքար (salakʻar) — paving stone
- Armenian: սալ (sal) — paving stone
- Basque: harlauza — paving stone
- Bulgarian: плочка (pločka) — paving stone
- Catalan: llosa — paving stone
- Esperanto: slabo — paving stone
- Finnish: laatta — paving stone
- French: dalle — paving stone
- Galician: lousa — paving stone
- Galician: lastra — paving stone
- German: Fliese — paving stone
- German: Platte — paving stone
- German: Steinplatte — paving stone
- German: Fliesenplatte — paving stone
- German: Gehwegplatte — paving stone
- German: Steinfliese — paving stone
- German: Bodenplatte — paving stone
- German: Bodenfliese — paving stone
- German: Pflasterstein — paving stone
- German: Pflasterplatte — paving stone
- Greek: πλάκα (pláka) — paving stone
- Irish: leac — paving stone
- Italian: piastrella — paving stone
- Italian: mattonella — paving stone
- Italian: lastra — paving stone
- Norwegian: steinhelle — paving stone
- Polish: płyta — paving stone
- Portuguese: laje — paving stone
- Portuguese: placa — paving stone
- Romanian: dală — paving stone
- Romanian: lespede — paving stone
- Russian: плита́ (plitá) — paving stone
- Slovene: tlakovec — paving stone
- Spanish: baldosa — paving stone
- Spanish: adoquín — paving stone
- Spanish: losa — paving stone
- Spanish: laja — paving stone
- Spanish: lastra — paving stone
- Spanish: pavés — paving stone
- Spanish: lancha — paving stone