slab-sided
Americanadjective
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having the sides long and flat, like slabs.
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tall and lank.
Etymology
Origin of slab-sided
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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Making space for a third row of seats often throws off the upright stance and two-box proportions that characterize SUV designs, leaving a lot of them looking awkwardly elongated, slab-sided or overheavy at the stern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
“They were very slab-sided, and looked like tanks.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
This slab-sided building, known as Bolshoi Dom – “the Big House” – had an infamous reputation, having previously been the offices of Stalin’s secret police.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2019
A front-mid-engine slab-sided wedge, when parked in dappled light on our pea gravel drive, GT-R has a quiet, even peaceful presence.
From Forbes ● Nov. 9, 2014
I wish ye'd make Eunice quit talkin' 'bout the Grinnell's old baby, like she war actially demented—uglies' bald-headed, slab-sided, slobbery old baby I ever see—nare tooth in its head!
From The Phantoms of the Foot-Bridge and Other Stories by Murfree, Mary Noailles
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