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- [slab]
- /slæb/
- /slæb/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [slab]
- /slæb/
Definitions of slab word
- noun slab a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material. 1
- noun slab a thick slice of anything: a slab of bread. 1
- noun slab a semifinished piece of iron or steel so rolled that its breadth is at least twice its thickness. 1
- noun slab a rough outside piece cut from a log, as when sawing one into boards. 1
- noun slab Baseball Slang. rubber1 (def 14). 1
- noun slab Building Trades. a section of concrete pavement or a concrete floor placed directly on the ground or on a base of gravel. 1
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Origin of slab
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English sclabbe, slabbe < ?
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Parts of speech for Slab
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
slab popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
slab usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for slab
noun slab
- birch — A birch or a birch tree is a type of tall tree with thin branches.
- boulder — A boulder is a large rounded rock.
- brick — Bricks are rectangular blocks of baked clay used for building walls, which are usually red or brown. Brick is the material made up of these blocks.
- brickwork — You can refer to the bricks in the walls of a building as the brickwork.
- cairn — A cairn is a pile of stones which marks a boundary, a route across rough ground, or the top of a mountain. A cairn is sometimes also built in memory of someone.
adj slab
adjective slab
- wooden — consisting or made of wood; wood: a wooden ship.
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