Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - slab
Slab
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n. & v. --n. 1 a flat broad fairly thick usu. square or rectangular piece of solid material, esp. stone. 2 a large flat piece of cake, chocolate, etc. 3 (of timber) an outer piece sawn from a log. 4 Brit. a mortuary table. --v.tr. (slabbed, slabbing) remove slabs from (a log or tree) to prepare it for sawing into planks. Etymology: ME: orig. unkn.
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~be Date: 14th century a thick plate or slice (as of stone, wood, or bread): as, the outside piece cut from a log in squaring it, concrete pavement (as of a road), c. a flat rectangular architectural element that is usually formed of a single piece or mass , a rectangular building having little width with respect to its length and usually height, something that resembles a ~ (as in size, shape, or density) , ~like adjective II. transitive verb (~bed; ~bing) Date: 1703 1. to remove an outer ~ from (as a log), to divide or form into ~s, to cover or support (as a roadbed or roof) with ~s, to put on thickly, III. adjective Etymology: akin to Middle English ~ben to wallow, obsolete Danish ~ muck Date: 1605 thick, viscous ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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