slab (English, noun)
expansion: slab (plural slabs)
Senses:
glosses: A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
glosses: A paving stone; a flagstone.
glosses: A carton containing 24 cans (chiefly of beer).
tags: Australia
glosses: An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The slack part of a sail.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: A very large wave.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The amount by which a cache can grow or shrink, used in memory allocation.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Part of a tectonic plate that is being, or has been, subducted.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A poured-concrete foundation for a building.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A region between two parallel lines in the Euclidean plane, or between two parallel planes in three-dimensional Euclidean space, or between two hyperplanes in higher dimensions.
topics: economics
government
sciences
taxation
glosses: Any of the several portions or tiers in a tax rate plan.
tags: India
especially
glosses: A flat, sealed plastic case that encloses a flat collector's item, such as a coin or a trading card.
glosses: A large, luxury pre-1980 General Motors vehicle, particularly a Buick, Oldsmobile, or Cadillac.
tags: US
slang
Forms:
form: slabs
tags: plural