SLAB

Slab

In geology, a slab is the portion of a tectonic plate that is being subducted.

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slab

Noun

  1. Mud, sludge.
  2. A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
  3. A paving stone; a flagstone.
  4. A carton containing twenty-four cans of beer.
  5. An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
  6. A bird, the wryneck.
  7. The slack part of a sail.
  8. A large, luxury pre-1980 General Motors vehicle, particularly a Buick, Oldsmobile or Cadillac.
  9. A very large wave.
  10. A sequence of 12 adjacent bits, serving as a byte in some computers.

Verb

  1. To make something into a slab.

Adjective

  1. thick; viscous


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