slab-sided

[ slab-sahy-did ]

/ ˈslæbˌsaɪ dɪd /

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having the sides long and flat, like slabs.

tall and lank.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

First recorded in 1810–20

Preheat oven to 375°F. Heat the vegetable oil in a large, high-sided cast iron skillet.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole|Carla Hall|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Finally, America will have to accept Bill Cosby as a many-sided man, rather than a much-loved pop-culture caricature.
Newsflash: Bill Cosby Is Not Cliff Huxtable|Tim Teeman|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I find both “admirer” and “suitor” to be presumptuous and one-sided.
What Should I Call the Man I Love?|Dushka Zapata|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All that seemed clear was the injustice of a man carrying scars from two sides of an increasingly multi-sided war.
Watching ISIS Come to Power Again|Elliot Ackerman|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In Ferguson, Missouri, the bullet-ridden body of Michael Brown lies on a slab somewhere, and his parents await justice, and mourn.
How We Got to Ferguson—a Reading List|David Masciotra|August 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A one-sided view of the Memory proclaims that if vivid First Impressions are made in all cases, that is enough.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
The backs are mostly cut the reverse way of the grain to the present rule, forming what are now termed "slab" backs.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce
Now, unless the interlocutor adopts the same method and declares what he would do, conversation is apt to become one-sided.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
We have for the upper table, or front, a thin slab of wood known as pine, from a species of tree that grows all over the world.
Antonio Stradivari|Horace William Petherick
Nothing is more frequent than a one-sided contract, in which one party has gained far more than the other.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles