slab
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++slab /slæb/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1 TBCa thick flat piece of a hard material such as stone 〔石头等硬质材料的〕厚板 a concrete slab 水泥板 paving slabs 铺路石板slab of They used a slab of concrete as a lid. 他们用一块水泥板当盖子。► see thesaurus at piece →5 see picture at 见图 piece12. slab of cake/chocolate/meat etc PIECEa large flat piece of cake etc 一大块蛋糕/巧克力/肉等3. on the slab informalDEAD lying dead in a hospital or mortuary 停尸在医院[太平间]
Examples from the Corpus
slab• Slabs of concrete had been used to build a pathway for people to walk on.• Then and only then it was that the vast seamless blocks and slabs of the buried city came back to light.• Since that moment, the black slab had done nothing.• The wall was topped with rolls of barbed wire and jagged ends of glass stuck into the eight-foot concrete slabs.• New concrete slabs have been laid in the back yard.• The butcher's counter was covered in huge slabs of red meat and the air smelled of blood.• His grave is covered by a huge marble slab.• He was able to go directly to the railroad supervisor and convince him to change the pace of slab deliveries.• The superintendent in the steel company needed power to get a more efficient delivery schedule of slabs.• The palette knife marks, the smooth slabs of even colour neutralise any notions of the personal autograph.• The floor was a mixture of stone slabs and floorboards.• Beneath the slabs was the first indication of how thorough the builder of the pond mark one had been.slab nounChinese
flat of piece hard Corpus a a thick
slab
slab /slæb/
noun [countable]
1. a thick flat piece of a hard material such as stone:
a concrete slab
paving slabs
slab of
They used a slab of concrete as a lid.
2. slab of cake/chocolate/meat etc a large flat piece of cake etc
3. on the slab informal lying dead in a hospital or mortuary
▪ piece an amount of something that has been cut or separated from the main part: Could I have another piece of cake? | a piece of broken glass | Emma cut the pie into eight pieces.
▪bit a piece. Bit is more informal than piece and is often used about smaller pieces: The notes were written on bits of paper. | He threw a bit of wood onto the fire.
▪lump a small piece of something solid or firm that does not have a regular shape: two lumps of sugar | a lump of coal | a lump of clay
▪scrap a small piece of paper, cloth etc that is no longer needed: I wrote the phone number on a scrap of paper. | The dog was eating scraps of food off the floor.
▪strip a long narrow piece of cloth, paper etc: a strip of cloth | The leather had been cut into strips.
▪sheet a thin flat piece of something such as paper, glass, or metal: a blank sheet of paper | a sheet of aluminium
▪slice a thin flat piece of bread, cake, meat etc cut from a larger piece: a slice of pizza | Cut the tomatoes into thin slices.
▪chunk a piece of something solid that does not have a regular shape – used especially about food, rock, or metal: The fruit was cut into large chunks. | a chunk of bread
▪hunk a large piece with rough edges, which has been cut or has broken off a bigger piece of food, rock etc: a big hunk of cheese | hunks of concrete
▪block a piece of something solid, which has straight sides: concrete blocks | a block of cheese | a block of ice
▪slab a thick flat piece of stone, or of cake, meat etc: The floor had been made from stone slabs. | a slab of beef
▪cube a piece that has six square sides – used especially about food: a cube of sugar | ice cubes
▪wedge a piece that has a thick end and a pointed end, and is shaped like a triangle – used especially about food and metal: a wedge of cheese
▪bar a block of soap, chocolate, candy, or metal, which has straight sides: a chocolate bar | a bar of soap | gold bars worth more than £26 million
▪rasher British English a slice of bacon: I usually have two rashers of bacon for breakfast.
slab /slæb/
noun [countable]1. a thick flat piece of a hard material such as stone:
slab of
2. slab of cake/chocolate/meat etc a large flat piece of cake etc
3. on the slab informal lying dead in a hospital or mortuary
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