Used in a Sentence

slab

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for slab.

Editorial note

For things like databases where object lifetime is in the hands of the user, arena/slab allocators work just fine.

Examples14
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of slab gathered in one view.

noun

A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.

noun

A paving stone; a flagstone.

noun

An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for slab.

noun

A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.

noun

A paving stone; a flagstone.

noun

An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc.

noun

A flat, sealed plastic case that encloses a flat collector's item, such as a coin or a trading card.

Example sentences

1

For things like databases where object lifetime is in the hands of the user, arena/slab allocators work just fine.

2

If the house is a frame house on pilings, it's pretty easy to fix that way; if it's a monolithic slab, block home, you're screwed.

3

These places have slab floors, and jackhammering sucks, but that isn't the end of the discussion.

4

Printing concrete in layers from the slab up to make walls seemed like it was jumping the gun a little.

5

It handles all of my ports, and I only have to supply the slab with power and Thunderbolt.

6

Now plot steady state 2D conduction temperature distribution of a sqare slab online.

7

Roboto Slab [0] is also good if you want a serif font instead.

8

Please, convince me that a massive slab of asphalt is better for San Francisco than making room for 1,000 new working class neighbors.

9

I made one out back on a cement slab with a hose, a garden water wand and a tarp.

10

Now all the taste and enjoyment has been synergized and efficientized out, and we're left with a grey, tasteless slab.

11

I personally never lashed in the first place; I find slab phones tedious and will buy the last flip phone offered.

12

Why does the world need yet another digital touch slab maker?

Quote examples

1

This kind of allocator is rather hard to implement using slab allocators since malloc must be able to allocate buffers of any size."...

2

Yes, the wood was different, the spruce being older-growth, harder and with higher mineral content on average than most of what was available elsewhere -- but there was probably more variation from slab to slab of the available spruce and maple than there would have been between the "average' log in Cremona and the "average" log in, say, Paris.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use slab in a sentence?

For things like databases where object lifetime is in the hands of the user, arena/slab allocators work just fine.

What does slab mean?

A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.

What part of speech is slab?

slab is commonly used as noun.