[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:
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)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: of unknown origin