slab

A large, thick, flat piece of a solid material, such as stone or concrete.

• The path is made of stone slabs.
• She cut a slab of cheese for lunch.
• A thick slab of ice floated past the boat.

How to use it: a slab of something (They lifted a heavy slab of marble onto the table.)

Similar words: block, sheet

Common phrases: stone slab, slab of chocolate, concrete slab

A flat concrete base poured onto the ground to support a building.

• The shed stands on a slab.
• Builders poured the slab before putting up the walls.
• Cracks appeared in the house's foundation slab.

Similar words: concrete foundation, foundation slab

Common phrases: foundation slab, pour a slab, slab foundation

One income range in a tax system, with its own tax rate.

• This income falls within the lowest tax slab.
• The budget introduced a new slab for high earners.
• Different tax slabs apply to different portions of your income.

Similar words: tax bracket, tax band

Common phrases: tax slab, income tax slab, higher slab

To make material into large, thick, flat pieces.

• They slab the stone at the quarry.
• The mill slabbed the timber for table tops.
• This saw can slab a large log in minutes.

Common phrases: slab the stone, slab the timber, slab a log

To destroy a building so completely that only its concrete base remains.

• The tornado slabbed several houses.
• Such strong winds can slab a well-built home.
• Entire buildings were slabbed, leaving only their concrete foundations.

Similar words: level, raze

Common phrases: slab a house, slab a building, slab entire homes