slab
part of speech
noun (a slab, slabs)
meaning for a pupil
1) A slab is a thick, flat piece of something hard, like stone, concrete or wood. tree →
2) A slab can be a thick, flat piece of food, such as a slab of cake or chocolate. tree →
3) In building, a slab is a flat concrete floor or base. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life, paths and patios are made of paving slabs; in stories, an old slab of stone covers a secret tunnel. In maths, a slab is like a cuboid, so you can work out its area or volume. Phrases: «paving slab», «stone slab», «slab of cake».
examples
- The path was made of grey stone slabs. tree →
- He cut a huge slab of chocolate cake. tree →
- Workers poured a concrete slab for the shed. tree →
- A heavy slab covered the old well. tree →
- Be careful: that paving slab is loose. tree →
- The butcher cut a slab of meat. tree →
- The garden has twelve slabs in three rows of four. tree →
- A heavy stone slab was turned and then lifted. tree →
note
Countable noun: «a slab, slabs». A slab is thick and flat; a «sheet» is thin and flat. In maths, a path of slabs in rows and columns is an array: rows × columns = number of slabs.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «slab» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.