Definition of "slab"

There were no windows in the inn. They were not required, since the interstices between the slabs suffered the wind, the rain, and the light of day to penetrate simultaneously.

1859, John Lang, Botany Bay, or, True Tales of Early Australia, page 155

Then there was the Mexican who sold big slabs of chewing taffy for five cents each. […] And many a day I made my entire lunch off of one of those slabs.

1913 August, Jack London, chapter V, in John Barleycorn, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., page 45

I was working in the lab late one nightWhen my eyes beheld an eerie sightFor my monster, from his slab, began to riseAnd suddenly, to my surpriseHe did the MashHe did the Monster Mash.

1962, “Monster Mash”, Bobby "Boris" Pickett and Lenny Capizzi (lyrics), performed by Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers

“The pier? You mean those few sodden logs tied together and that dingy slab of rough concrete.”

2010, Ryan Humphreys, The Flirtations of Dan Harris, page 73

The Australians murder a few slabs of beer and the New Zealanders murder a few vowels.

2001, Les Carlyon, Gallipoli, page 8

The older man bought a slab of Coca-Cola at the counter and carried it out ahead of the younger man.

2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 88

However, unlike in Ramsay Street, there were never any cups of tea or bickies served. Instead, each family unit came armed with a slab of beer.

2008, Diem Vo, Family Life, Alice Pung (editor), page 156

Common 375-ml cans are called tinnies, and can be bought in 24-can slabs for discounted prices.

2010, Holly Smith, Perth, Western Australia & the Outback, Hunter Publishing, unnumbered page

One essential part of the strategy for selling regionally identified beers beyond their borders was the selling of slabs — a package of four six-packs of stubbies or cans — for discounted prices interstate.

2009, Ross Fitzgerald, Trevor Jordan, Under the Influence: A History of Alcohol in Australia, published 2011, unnumbered page

After a few loops around the park, some drivers—most of them Black and Latino men in their twenties and thirties driving customized lowriders, bright, candy-colored slabs, and jacked-up trucks with flashy chrome rims—packed into a nearby middle school parking lot.

2021 March 23, Peter Holley, “They Just Moved Into an Austin Neighborhood. Now They Want to End One of Its Traditions.”, in Texas Monthly‎

After being towed into a massive slab, Dorian dropped down the face and caught a rail, putting him in a near-impossible situation.

2009, Bruce Boal, The Surfing Yearbook, SurfersVillage, page 31

In August 2000 he successfully rode a slab of unfathomable power at Teahupo′o.

2011, Douglas Booth, Surfing: The Ultimate Guide, page 95

Being driven by the gravitational force, the subducting Pacific slab continues to sink down to the boundary between the upper and lower mantle […]

2015, Dapeng Zhao, Multiscale Seismic Tomography, Springer, page 72

Some do also plant oziers in their eights, like quick-sets, thick, and (near the water) keep them not more than half a foot above ground; but then they must be diligently cleansed from moss, slab, and ouze, and frequently prun'd (especially the smaller spires) to form single shoots; […] .

1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […]

Make the gruel thick and slab:

c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act IV, scene i]

Pull me over, try to check my slab

2005, Chamillionaire (featuring Krayzie Bone), "Ridin'", The Sound of Revenge

I'mma swang, I'mma swing my slab lean to the left

2006, Trae (featuring Pimp C and Big Hawk), "Swang", Restless

All three of them recognized who the Lexus'[sic] belonged to so he parked his slab and they cocked their guns.

2012, Bobby Austin, By All Mean$, AuthorHouse, published 2012, page 56