Definition of Slabs. Meaning of Slabs. Synonyms of Slabs

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Definition of Slabs

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 Slabs from wikipedia

- and counter slab, the two counterparts of a fossil impression Slab hut, a kind of dwelling made from slabs of split or sawn timber Slab of beer, a flat...
- concrete slab is a common structural element of modern buildings, consisting of a flat, horizontal surface made of cast concrete. Steel-reinforced slabs, typically...
- flat slabs with drop panels, two-way slabs, one-way slabs, and one-way joist slabs. A waffle slab is flat on top, while joists create a grid like surface...
- a number of objects to the slabs ****ociated with that cache. This number depends on the size of the ****ociated slabs. Slabs may exist in one of the following...
- built using stone slabs of big dimensions. Their architecture often includes a corridor of access that can be constructed using stone slabs or dry stones...
- push is thought responsible for the motion of these plates. The subducting slabs around the Pacific Ring of Fire cool down the Earth and its core-mantle...
- holograms were attached to the graded coin slabs beginning in 1989. The early coin slabs did not have a hologram. Slabbing coins is a practice which began in...
- In plate tectonics, slab detachment or slab break-off may occur during continent-continent or arc-continent collisions. When the continental margin of...
- regarded as the most detailed and best preserved of the Scottish distance slabs. The sandstone tablet was found at Bridgeness in Bo'ness, Scotland in 1868...
- Variant grinding slabs are referred to as metates or querns, and have a ground-out bowl. Like all ground stone artifacts, grinding slabs are made of large-grained...