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[slab], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a large, thick, flat piece of stone or concrete, typically square or rectangular in shape
(e.g: paving slabs)
- a large, thick slice or piece of cake, bread, chocolate, etc.
(e.g: a slab of bread and cheese)
- an outer piece of timber sawn from a log
(e.g: the slabs I trimmed away from the logs became the siding for the cabin walls)
- a pack containing 24 bottles or cans of beer
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Origin
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Middle English: of unknown origin
[slab], (Verb)
Definitions:
- remove slabs from (a log or tree) to prepare it for sawing into planks
(e.g: he slabbed the log on the two other remaining sides to make a rectangular timber)
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Origin
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Middle English: of unknown origin
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