Definition of slab

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Slab (n.) A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces..

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Slabberer :: Slabberer (n.) One who slabbers, or drools; hence, an idiot..
Slabbered :: Slabbered (imp. & p. p.) of Slabbe.
Hone :: Hone (n.) A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone..
Slabbery :: Slabbery (a.) Like, or covered with, slabber or slab; slippery; sloppy..
Slab-sided :: Slab-sided (a.) Having flat sides; hence, tall, or long and lank..
Pavior :: Pavior (n.) A brick or slab used for paving.
Gneiss :: Gneiss (n.) A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it is then called hornblendic / syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties of related rocks are also called gneiss..
Slabby :: Slabby (a.) Thick; viscous.
Slabbing :: Slabbing (a.) Adapted for forming slabs, or for dressing flat surfaces..
Centreboard :: Centreboard (n.) A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States.
Slabber :: Slabber (n.) A saw for cutting slabs from logs.
Slabbiness :: Slabbiness (n.) Quality of being slabby.
Slabber :: Slabber (v. t.) To wet and foul spittle, or as if with spittle..
Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The property, possessed by some crystalline rocks, of dividing into plates or slabs, which is due to the cleavage structure of one of the constituents, as mica or hornblende. It may sometimes include slaty structure or cleavage, though the latter is usually independent of any mineral constituent, and transverse to the bedding, it having been produced by pressure..
Slabber :: Slabber (v. t.) To spill liquid upon; to smear carelessly; to spill, as liquid foed or drink, in careless eating or drinking..
Plaque :: Plaque (n.) Any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish, or the like, hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn on the person, as a brooch..
Muller :: Muller (n.) A stone or thick lump of glass, or kind of pestle, flat at the bottom, used for grinding pigments or drugs, etc., upon a slab of similar material..
Phonolite :: Phonolite (n.) A compact, feldspathic, igneous rock containing nephelite, hauynite, etc. Thin slabs give a ringing sound when struck; -- called also clinkstone..
Slabby :: Slabby (a.) Sloppy; slimy; miry. See Sloppy.
Slabber :: Slabber (n.) A slabbing machine.
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