slab
noun
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
slabbing
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present participleof slab.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The work of it was treated as a burden: the parting, the slabbing sulfur-scented grease to scalp for detangling, the heat pressing into a more manageable texture.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2021
Numbers 3 and 4 are for slabbing or converting round logs into square timber.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
Such a road can be very easily and cheaply built by bringing in a portable sawmill and slabbing the material on two sides to the desired face.
From Motor Truck Logging Methods Engineering Experiment Station Series, Bulletin No. 12 by Frederick Malcolm Knapp
The blocks of soap should not be stripped until quite cold throughout, and they should be allowed to stand open for a while before slabbing.
From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by W. H. Simmons
His features were so refined as to be almost effeminate, and so regular that they would have been perfect if it had not been for that ill-fitting, slabbing mouth.
From Uncle Bernac A Memory of the Empire by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
