slab

¹slab

noun \ˈslab\

Definition of SLAB

1

: a thick plate or slice (as of stone, wood, or bread): as a : the outside piece cut from a log in squaring it b : concrete pavement (as of a road); specifically : a strip of concrete pavement laid as a single unjointed piece c (1) : a flat rectangular architectural element that is usually formed of a single piece or mass <a concrete foundation slab> (2) : a rectangular building having little width with respect to its length and usually height

2

: something that resembles a slab (as in size, shape, or density) <backed up by a solid slab of reference material — Times Literary Supplement>

— slab·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective

Examples of SLAB

1. a thick slab of homemade bread

Origin of SLAB

Middle English slabbe

First Known Use: 14th century

Other Civil Engineering Terms

asphalt, ballast, barrage, cantilever, infrastructure, sluice

Rhymes with SLAB

ab, blab, cab, crab, Crabbe, dab, drab, fab, flab, gab, grab, jab, lab, Lab, Mab, nab, scab, stab, tab