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slabs

  • plural
    of slab.
    slab
    noun
    a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
  • present tense form
    of slab (3rd person singular).
    slab
    noun
    a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.

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Firefighters finally managed to reach her via a tunnel they dug below four concrete slabs under which she had been buried.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

These workers are developing silicosis, a condition in which microscopic silica dust contained in the stone slabs they grind and polish is cutting up the inside of their lungs until the organs fail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Others are fully collapsed, floor slabs stuck together.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

But it was teams of firefighters and rescue workers from Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and the U.S. who crawled through slabs of concrete in search of survivors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

Just a few slabs of sesame toffee remained next to a box of matches.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook