1
: a thick plate or slice (as of stone, wood, or bread): such 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—
The Times Literary Supplement (London)
The Times Literary Supplement (London)3
: a hard plastic holder for a collectible coin and an identifying insert
slabbed; slabbing
1
a
: to remove an outer slab from
slab a log
b
: to divide or form into slabs
2
: to cover or support (something, such as a roadbed or roof) with slabs
3
: to put on thickly
Examples of slab in a Sentence
Noun
a thick slab of homemade bread
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2025
Grilling a slab of melon—alongside the bread and red onion—imparts a smoky flavor that pops against romaine, fennel, and cherry tomatoes.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2025
Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 13 Mar. 2024
After snapping a few pictures in the fading light and then caping and slabbing off the sheep’s haunches and other edible meat, there was very little daylight left.
—Jim Carmichel, Outdoor Life, 25 July 2024
Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 14 July 2022
Somehow, the Grand Wagoneer's slab-sided body makes 22-inch wheels look tiny.
—Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 15 June 2022
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Noun
But the hard slab of limestone around this specimen had also preserved a key layer of feathers called tertials that had never been documented before in Archaeopteryx.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2025
Grilling a slab of melon—alongside the bread and red onion—imparts a smoky flavor that pops against romaine, fennel, and cherry tomatoes.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2025
Verb
The replica is made of limestone slabs up to 19 feet tall and weighing 20 tons each.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 13 Mar. 2024
After snapping a few pictures in the fading light and then caping and slabbing off the sheep’s haunches and other edible meat, there was very little daylight left.
—Jim Carmichel, Outdoor Life, 25 July 2024
Adjective
Everything’s made in-house, from the 12 rotating ice cream flavors, including a peanut butter, bacon and banana flavor made with chopped bacon, to cupcakes, slab pies, muffins and coffee cakes.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 14 July 2022
Somehow, the Grand Wagoneer's slab-sided body makes 22-inch wheels look tiny.
—Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 15 June 2022
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“Slab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slab. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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