Definitions for slabslæb
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
slabslæb(n.; v.)slabbed, slab•bing.
(n.)a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
a thick slice of anything:
a slab of bread.
a rough outside piece cut from a log, as when sawing one into boards.
Category: Building Trades
(v.t.)to make into a slab or slabs.
Category: Building Trades
to cover or lay with slabs.
Category: Building Trades
to cut the slabs or outside pieces from (a log).
Category: Building Trades
to put on in slabs or layers; apply thickly.
Origin of slab:
1300–50; ME sclabbe, slabbe, of obscure orig.
Princeton's WordNet
slab(noun)
block consisting of a thick piece of something
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
slab(noun)æb
a thick square piece
stone slabs used for building; a slab of chocolate cake
Wiktionary
slab(Noun)
mud, sludge.
slab(Noun)
A large, flat shaped piece of material such as stone, concrete, clay, butter etc..
slab(Noun)
A paving stone, flagstone
slab(Noun)
the equivalent to a 12-bit byte in some computers
slab(Noun)
a box containing twenty-four 375ml aluminium cans of beer
slab(Noun)
full-size luxury pre-1980 GM vehicles, primarily Buick, Oldsmobile, and Cadillac
slab(Verb)
Slow, Loud And Bangin': A car that has been modified with equipment such as loudspeakers, lights, special paint, hydraulics, and any other accessories that add to the style of the vehicle.
Slim thug - wood grain wheel - You ain't riding slab if them ain't swangas on ya ride.
slab(Verb)
To make something into a slab.
Slim thug - wood grain wheel - You ain't riding slab if them ain't swangas on ya ride.
Origin: From sclabbe, slabbe, of origin.
Webster Dictionary
Slab(noun)
a thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces
Slab(noun)
an outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc
Slab(noun)
the wryneck
Slab(noun)
the slack part of a sail
Slab(adj)
thick; viscous
Slab(noun)
that which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle
The New Hacker's Dictionary
slab
1. n. A continuous horizontal line of pixels, all with the same color. 2. vi. To paint a slab on an output device. Apple's QuickDraw, like most other professional-level graphics systems, renders polygons and lines not with Bresenham's algorithm, but by calculating slab points for each scan line on the screen in succession, and then slabbing in the actual image pixels.
Translations for slab
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- skyf, reepAfrikaans
- قِطْعَه سَميكَهArabic
- парчеBulgarian
- blocoPortuguese (BR)
- řez, plátekCzech
- die Platte, die ScheibeGerman
- plade; skiveDanish
- πλάκα, φέταGreek
- losaSpanish
- paneel, käntsakasEstonian
- تختهFarsi
- laattaFinnish
- bloc, pavéFrench
- לוּחַHebrew
- पटिया, पत्थर का चौरसHindi
- tanka pločaCroatian
- lapHungarian
- lempenganIndonesian
- plata, hella;þykk sneiðIcelandic
- lastra, piastraItalian
- 厚板Japanese
- 넓적하고 두꺼운 조각Korean
- plokštė, gabalasLithuanian
- plāksne; plātneLatvian
- keping tebalMalay
- plakDutch
- flat blokk, helle, plate, tykk skiveNorwegian
- płyta, kawałPolish
- تختهPersian
- شاځه، ښازه، تخته (لكه دتيږې)، دړه، ټوټه، كنډكPashto
- blocoPortuguese
- dală; felieRomanian
- большой кусок, брусокRussian
- tabuľa; krajec, rezSlovak
- ploščaSlovenian
- pločaSerbian
- platta, häll, tjock skiva, kakaSwedish
- แผ่นวัสดุหนาThai
- kalın dilimTurkish
- 平板，厚板Chinese (Trad.)
- шматок; плитаUkrainian
- سل، تختئہ سنگUrdu
- phiến, tấm, miếngVietnamese
- 平板，厚板Chinese (Simp.)
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