concrete slabs

Heavy paving stones

Concrete slabs are flat, horizontal sections of concrete used in construction—typically as floors, foundations, sidewalks, or driveways.

The term emphasizes both the material and the form: a poured mass that hardens into a rigid, load-bearing surface.

The warehouse sat on a massive concrete slab.

Workers poured concrete slabs for the new sidewalk.

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material composition

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Narrow-leaved ground cover

soil · earth · dirt · wooden planks · gravel

construction method

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Hardite mixed and placed

ready-mix concrete

ground treatment

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Tended yard grass

garden beds · native vegetation

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G