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noun Building Trades.

a reinforced-concrete floor and roof construction employing a square grid of deep ribs with coffers in the interstices.

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Maira Kalman greets me in her Manhattan apartment wearing a white, waffle-knit bathrobe.
The Singular Artist of New Yorkistan|Lizzie Crocker|November 14, 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.
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Cook waffles in waffle maker, sprinkle chocolate chips and drizzle chocolate sauce.
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A museum-like sign on the wall claims this was Escobar's cell and that the circular slab was where he had his rotating, round bed.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens|Jeff Campagna|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The only identifiable artifact is a perfectly circular slab of concrete.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens|Jeff Campagna|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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
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
One of the tables near the waffle stand is taken by a group of six students and four girls.
The Real Latin Quarter|F. Berkeley Smith
Sometimes the sarcophagus was placed behind a perforated slab of marble, as shown in the following example, given by Maitland.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
This Sin Sin Wa disturbed sufficiently to reveal a movable slab in the roughly paved floor.
Dope|Sax Rohmer