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slab

UK/slæb/ US/ˈslæb/ uncommon archaic british informal obsolete slang us

noun

1.

block consisting of a thick piece of something

Origin

From Middle English sclabbe, slabbe, of uncertain origin; possibly from *slap, related to dialectal slappel (“portion, piece”), along with slape (“slippery”), sleip (“smooth piece of timber”), borrowed through Old Norse sleipr from Proto-Germanic *slaipaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyb-. See also Norwegian sleip (“slippery”) and Icelandic sleipur.

Phrases

  • graded slab
  • grading slab
  • half slab
  • mat slab
  • mud slab
  • paving slab
  • slab avalanche
  • slab cake

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