slab
slab is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
- 2.(Zoöl.) The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.]
- 3.(Naut.) The slack part of a sail. Slab line (Naut.), a line or small rope by which seamen haul up the foot of the mainsail or foresail. Totten.
- 4.Thick; viscous. [Obs.] Make the gruel thick and slab. Shak.
- 5.That which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle. [Obs.] Evelyn.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- arm
- armlet
- artesian
- bay
- bayou
- bed
- belt
- bight
- board
- broad
- coat
- continental
- course
- cove
- cover
- covered
- covering
- creek
- cut
- dam
- dead
- dess
- dike
- discoid
- ditch
- dyke
- escarpment
- eschar
- estuary
- even
- film
- fiord
- firth
- fish
- flag
- flagstone
- flake
- flat
- flatness
- flatten
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is slab.
- What is an outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc called?
- What is the slack part of a sail. Slab line (Naut.), a line or small rope by which seamen haul up the foot of the mainsail or foresail. Totten called?
- What is thick; viscous. [Obs.] Make the gruel thick and slab. Shak called?
- What is that which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle. [Obs.] Evelyn called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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