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/slæb/ · noun
A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat..
There were no windows in the inn. They were not required, since the interstices between the slabs suffered the wind, the rain, and the light of day to penetrate simultaneously.
Then there was the Mexican who sold big slabs of chewing taffy for five cents each. […] And many a day I made my entire lunch off of one of those slabs.
I was working in the lab late one night When my eyes beheld an eerie sight For my monster, from his slab, began to rise And suddenly, to my surprise He did the Mash He did the Monster Mash.
“The pier? You mean those few sodden logs tied together and that dingy slab of rough concrete.”
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.
The Australians murder a few slabs of beer and the New Zealanders murder a few vowels.
The older man bought a slab of Coca-Cola at the counter and carried it out ahead of the younger man.
Common 375-ml cans are called tinnies, and can be bought in 24-can slabs for discounted prices.
Use slab when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Slab means A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat..
Common synonyms include tax bracket, raze.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
There were no windows in the inn. They were not required, since the interstices between the slabs suffered the wind, the rain, and the light of day to penetrate simultaneously.
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