Slab

What “Slab” means

Noun

1. A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
2. A paving stone; a flagstone.
3. A carton containing 24 cans (chiefly of beer).
4. An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
5. The slack part of a sail.

Verb

1. To make into a slab.
2. To destroy (a structure) so completely as to leave only the foundation slab visible.

Noun

1. Mud, sludge, or other viscous matter.

Adj

1. Thick; viscous.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English sclabbe, slabbe, of uncertain origin; possibly from *slap, related to dialectal slappel (“portion, piece”), along with slape (“slippery”), sleip (“smooth piece of timber”), borrowed through Old Norse sleipr from Proto-Germanic *slaipaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyb-. See also Norwegian sleip (“slippery”) and Icelandic sleipur.

Compare Scottish Gaelic slàib (“mud”) and Irish slaba (“muddy flat”), and English slop (“puddle”).

Business name ideas with “Slab”

Industries where “Slab” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Concrete Company
• Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors