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slab

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[ slab ]
/ slæb /
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noun
verb (used with object), slabbed, slab·bing.
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Origin of slab

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First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English noun slab(be), sclabbe; further origin unknown

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slab2
[ slab ]
/ slæb /

adjective Scot. and North England.
thick; viscous.

Origin of slab

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First recorded in 1595–1605; apparently from Scandinavian; compare Swedish, Norwegian slabb “mire,” Danish slab “mud,” Icelandic slabba “to wade in mud”
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British Dictionary definitions for slab

slab
/ (slæb) /

noun
verb slabs, slabbing or slabbed (tr)

Word Origin for slab

C13: of unknown origin
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