n.
- a large, thick, flat piece of stone or concrete.
- a flat, heavy table top or counter used for food preparation.
▸Brit. a table used for laying a body on in a mortuary.
- a large, thick slice or piece of cake, bread, chocolate, etc.
- an outer piece of timber sawn from a log.
- Climbing a large, smooth body of rock lying at a sharp angle to the horizontal.
v.
(slabs, slabbing, slabbed)
remove slabs from (a log or tree) to prepare it for sawing into planks.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: of unknown origin.