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Antonyms for slab

Grammar : Noun
Spell : slab
Phonetic Transcription : slæb


Definition of slab

Origin :
  • late 13c., "large, flat mass," of unknown origin, possibly related to Old French escopel, escalpe "thin fragment of wood," which according to Klein is possibly a Gaulish word (cf. Breton scolp, Welsh ysgolp "splinter, chip"). But OED rejects this on formal grounds. Meaning "rectangular block of pre-cast concrete used in building" is from 1927. Slab-sided is "having flat sides like slabs," hence "tall and lank" (1817, American English).
  • noun chunk of solid object
Example sentences :
  • But this slab of black basalt was different from anything that had ever been discovered.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • Then I come on a slab of gray stone upstanding about fifteen feet.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • The slab moved upward an inch or two, grating in its rough grooves.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • Steenie stood smiling and undecided on the slab in front of the doorstep.
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
  • Taking up a Bondon, she turned it round, and put it down on the slab again.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • He called his slab of rock Martha, after no girl he had ever known.
  • Extract from : « Beside Still Waters » by Robert Sheckley
  • "Gi'e him a slab ower the lug," shouted the miller from the road.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • Stan jabbed a slab of wood into the stove and slammed the door.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
  • The chill air of the night seemed to lie on my limbs as heavy as a slab of marble.
  • Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
  • But why does the slab which bears the holy relics alone sweat?
  • Extract from : « Apologia Pro Vita Sua » by John Henry Cardinal Newman

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