slab 1 (sl?b) n. 1. A broad, flat, thick piece, as of stone or cheese. 2. A cliff or rock ledge that rises at a relatively low angle. 3. A flat poured concrete surface used as a foundation or base for construction. 4. A table on which a body is laid out in a morgue. 5. An outside piece cut from a log when squaring it for lumber. 6. Baseball The pitcher’s rubber. tr.v. slabbed, slab·bing, slabs 1. To make or shape into slabs or a slab. 2. To cover or pave with slabs. 3. To dress (a log) by cutting slabs. 4. Chiefly New England To ascend or descend (a steep slope) by an oblique path. [Middle English.] slab 2 (sl?b)adj. Archaic Viscid.[Probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish slab, mud.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.slab (slæb) n1. a broad flat thick piece of wood, stone, or other material2. a thick slice of cake, etc3. (Forestry) any of the outside parts of a log that are sawn off while the log is being made into planks4. (Mountaineering) mountaineering a flat sheet of rock lying at an angle of between 30° and 60° from the horizontal5. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a printer’s ink table6. (Building) (modifier) Austral and NZ made or constructed of coarse wooden planks: a slab hut. 7. (Surgery) informal chiefly Brit an operating or mortuary table8. (Brewing) chiefly informal Brit and Austral a package containing 24 cans of beervb (tr) , slabs, slabbing or slabbed9. to cut or make into a slab or slabs10. to cover or lay with slabs11. (Forestry) to saw slabs from (a log)[C13: of unknown origin]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014slab (slæb) n., v. slabbed, slab?bing. n. 1. a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material. 2. a thick slice of anything: a slab of bread. 3. a rough outside piece cut from a log, as when sawing one into boards. v.t. 4. to make into a slab or slabs. 5. to cover or lay with slabs. 6. to cut the slabs or outside pieces from (a log). 7. to put on in slabs or layers; apply thickly. [1300?50; Middle English sclabbe, slabbe, of obscure orig.] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.slabPast participle: slabbedGerund: slabbingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativeslabslabPresentI slabyou slabhe/she/it slabswe slabyou slabthey slabPreteriteI slabbedyou slabbedhe/she/it slabbedwe slabbedyou slabbedthey slabbedPresent ContinuousI am slabbingyou are slabbinghe/she/it is slabbingwe are slabbingyou are slabbingthey are slabbingPresent PerfectI have slabbedyou have slabbedhe/she/it has slabbedwe have slabbedyou have slabbedthey have slabbedPast ContinuousI was slabbingyou were slabbinghe/she/it was slabbingwe were slabbingyou were slabbingthey were slabbingPast PerfectI had slabbedyou had slabbedhe/she/it had slabbedwe had slabbedyou had slabbedthey had slabbedFutureI will slabyou will slabhe/she/it will slabwe will slabyou will slabthey will slabFuture PerfectI will have slabbedyou will have slabbedhe/she/it will have slabbedwe will have slabbedyou will have slabbedthey will have slabbedFuture ContinuousI will be slabbingyou will be slabbinghe/she/it will be slabbingwe will be slabbingyou will be slabbingthey will be slabbingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been slabbingyou have been slabbinghe/she/it has been slabbingwe have been slabbingyou have been slabbingthey have been slabbingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been slabbingyou will have been slabbinghe/she/it will have been slabbingwe will have been slabbingyou will have been slabbingthey will have been slabbingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been slabbingyou had been slabbinghe/she/it had been slabbingwe had been slabbingyou had been slabbingthey had been slabbingConditionalI would slabyou would slabhe/she/it would slabwe would slabyou would slabthey would slabPast ConditionalI would have slabbedyou would have slabbedhe/she/it would have slabbedwe would have slabbedyou would have slabbedthey would have slabbedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011