DictionaryslabThick flat piece
noun / verb

slab

SLAB/slæb/

A thick, flat piece of material, or to cover or form something with such pieces.

The thick stone slab has a broad flat top.

A single thick rectangular stone slab shown in three-quarter view, with a broad flat top and clearly visible thick front and side edges.
Etymology

The word’s origin is unknown, but its earliest English meaning already described a large, flat mass too thick to bend. It was first used of iron, later of wood and stone.

In context

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it goes about three feet long now name of the game is to use some schedule 40 pvc pipe and use that as a ram rod to get under the slab or in this case sidewalk
How To Run a Pipe Under a Slab or Sidewalk With a Garden Hose

More examples

  • Several slabs formed the path.
  • Workers slabbed the surface.
  • They are slabbing the walkway.

Forms

slab · slabs · slabbed · slabbing

Similar words

block
A solid piece that need not be flat.
tile
Usually thinner and smaller than a slab.