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# slab

noun (a slab, slabs)

«slab» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A slab is a thick, flat piece of something hard, like stone, concrete or wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slab/#m1)
2. A slab can be a thick, flat piece of food, such as a slab of cake or chocolate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slab/#m2)
3. In building, a slab is a flat concrete floor or base. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slab/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slab/#x1)
- He cut a huge slab of chocolate cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slab/#x2)
- Workers poured a concrete slab for the shed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slab/#x3)
- A heavy slab covered the old well. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slab/#x4)
- Be careful: that paving slab is loose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slab/#x5)
- The butcher cut a slab of meat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slab/#x6)
- The garden has twelve slabs in three rows of four. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slab/#x7)
- A heavy stone slab was turned and then lifted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slab/#x8)

### 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.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Ezekiel mentions slabs used for preparing the flesh of the offerings in his vision of the future Temple. Tradition sees this vision as a picture of a restored Temple. In the primary 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

- And the slabs, a handbreadth long, were fastened within round about; and upon the tables was to be the flesh of the offering. (Prophets EZK.40.43, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slab/#x1)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «slab» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slab/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«slab» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/slab.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «slab» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slab/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«slab» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/slab.html) on Mova free.