slab
Flat heavy chunk
A slab is a broad, flat, thick piece of solid material—stone, concrete, meat, chocolate.
A concrete slab forms a building's foundation or floor.
A slab of ribs is a full rack.
The word emphasizes thickness and weight: They laid marble slabs for the countertops.
In Australian slang, a slab is a case of beer cans.
Igneous rock, quartz-rich
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
- slateFissile metamorphic rock
- quarryPit for extracting rock
countertop · tombstone · headstone · flagstone · paving · tile · polished · hewn
Narrow break or attempt
- cocaineAddictive stimulant narcotic
- kiloThousand-unit prefix
- brickFired clay building unit
- wholesaleBulk sales to merchants
dealer · quantity · package · wrapped · contraband
Calcium powder binding agent
- aggregateCombined sum total
- rebarSteel strengthening concrete
- pavementHard road covering
- drivewayPrivate residential road
sidewalk · curing · formwork · trowel · pouring · precast · reinforcement · flatwork
Thick solid piece
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- hunkLarge irregular piece
- wedgeTapered splitting tool
- portionDivided share given
slice · layer · cake · chocolate · fudge · cheese · butter · bread
granite
Igneous rock, quartz-rich
quarry · countertop · tombstone · headstone · flagstone · paving · tile · polished · hewn · quarried
crack
Narrow break or attempt
wholesale · dealer · quantity · package · wrapped · contraband
cement
Calcium powder binding agent
driveway · sidewalk · curing · formwork · trowel · pouring · precast · reinforcement · flatwork · finisher
chunk
Thick solid piece
portion · slice · layer · cake · chocolate · fudge · cheese · butter · bread · terrine
bacon
Cured smoked pork
beef · steak · butcher · smoked · cured · belly · loin · cut · carve · portion
rock
Solid earthen material
friction · footwork · grip · smear · edging · crack · overhang · vertical · boulder · crag
timber
Wood for construction
hardwood · softwood · grain · sawmill · rough-cut · kiln-dried · veneer · thickness · milling · carpenter
- building stoneashlar, bluestone, brownstone, building stone, cobblestone
- foundation materialsconcrete, cement, rebar, gravel, sand
- pavingbrick, bricks, asphalt, concrete, pavement
- quarryingquarry, quarryman, quarry worker, quarrying, stone blocks
- rock formationsstalactite, stalagmite, crag, peak, boulder
- stone industryquarry, quarries, quarrying, stone quarries, building stone
- stone slabFlat cut rock piece
- concrete slabFlat hardite building surface
- cement slabFlat poured stone surface
- marble slabFlat cut of metamorphic rock
- granite slabCut section of crystalline rock
- slab cakeFlat baked confection