How to Use slab in a Sentence

slab

1 of 2 noun

• Score a line across the top of the slab with your saw, knife, or ice pick.
  — Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
• The shower walls and the back wall are all slab, as are the countertops.
  — Gina Mayfield, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
• Arrange 4 or 5 of the slabs on one side of each shallow bowl.
  — Ellie Krieger, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
• They’re parked on slabs, and two of them are covered by full roofs.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 27 July 2023
• These bolts anchored the blockhouse to the slab, Penders said.
  — Rick Neale, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
• But an extra-large kitchen might need four to five slabs.
  — Brittany Anas, House Beautiful, 29 Aug. 2023
• Wide strips of crust form a pleasing design that shows off the stone fruit in this slab pie.
  — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 29 July 2023
• Their ski and boot tracks were spotted leading to a small slab avalanche.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2023
• The dance floor — a slab of concrete in a stranger’s muddy backyard.
  — Janice Llamoca, refinery29.com, 23 Mar. 2023
• In the wreckage below, men pulled the limp body of a child from under a slab next to a burning car.
  — Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2023
• Kumari quickly diced one full onion and ground it on a stone slab.
  — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 24 Sep. 2023
• The boulder leans to the right, bullying a thin slab of green; at the back a large wedge of bright red remains above the fray.
  — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• Meanwhile, the Valley of the Whales, with its cross-bedded and creamy limestone slabs, is a cake of frozen time.
  — Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
• And for Luger fans in Vegas, rest assured the thick slabs of bacon will be there too.
  — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2023
• These easy, big-batch slab pie recipes are perfect for serving a crowd.
  — Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 14 June 2023
• Having shaken hands with a line of priests, Ramaphosa stood at the foot of a black slab set into the floor: the grave of the Unknown Warrior.
  — Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
• Or, for an even more fitting base, seek out a long, thin loaf of Cuban bread to slice into small ½-inch thick slabs.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Nov. 2023
• Kwiecinski will again cook ribs, 24 slabs of them, all night on the smoker.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2023
• The two-part menorah includes a walnut base and a marble slab that holds the candles.
  — Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2023
• Yet each treats its occupants well at 70 mph on the long concrete slab.
  — Kevin Smith, Car and Driver, 4 Mar. 2023
• Peter Azevedo, 36, prefers his cell tidy, with his mat rolled up on the concrete slab bed.
  — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
• Records show the building had a 2003 violation for a crack in the first-floor ceiling slab.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2023
• Once the position of the skirts are verified, they will be bolted down to the slab with four hold-down studs each.
  — Saumya Gupta, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
• The nearly 30-foot storm surge that crashed into town wiped most buildings from their slabs.
  — Kayla Michelle Smith, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2024
• There are two main types of avalanches, Marshall told the Statesman: slough and slab avalanches.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 3 Feb. 2024
• Eight years later the entrance was capped with a concrete slab, and, for good measure, sheathed in floor tile.
  — Franz Lidz Meghan Dhaliwal, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
• Without the slabs, there would be no plumes and without the plumes, the Indian Ocean Geoid Low wouldn’t exist.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
• The largest slab recovered measured 2.5 feet by 1 foot.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2023
• Each piece owes a debt to the raw splendor of George Nakashima’s original slab coffee tables.
  — Evan Moffitt, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
• Driving through, the landscape is dominated by blank concrete slabs where the hurricanes have ripped dozens of structures from their foundations.
  — Nidhi Sharma, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024

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slab

2 of 2 adjective

• Quiche can be baked as a pie, cupcakes, slab pie, or any shape that fits your plan.
  — Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2020
• Bake the slab pie for 45-50 minutes or until the top is golden brown and the filling is bubbling.
  — Dallas News, 24 June 2020
• The sheet pan can be used for slab pies, cakes, breads, pancakes, meats and vegetables — and now brittle cookies.
  — Anna Caplan, Dallas News, 18 Dec. 2020
• That will not include dropping a line in the Des Plaines River, despite rumors of slab blue gill swimming there.
  — Charles Selle, chicagotribune.com, 22 Feb. 2021
• Given the flat sole, the Elektra is best suited to vertical and slab routes; anything very overhanging will require more of a downturn at the toe.
  — Will Egensteiner, Popular Mechanics, 29 Oct. 2020
• As for style, Blackband says to look at slab-panel cabinetry, which features a flat door over the cabinet box and lends a modern but classic look.
  — Lindsey M. Roberts Special To The Washington Post, Star Tribune, 29 Apr. 2021
• Compliments about the camper rolled in at gas stations, campsites, and RV parks, where most of the vehicles are frowning, slab-sided metal boxes painted in a shade beige or gray.
  — Chris Nelson, Car and Driver, 27 Sep. 2020
• Swan claims Sustenir Agriculture can convert one standard office space with a ceiling to slab clearance of three meters into an indoor farm 178 times the efficiency of an outdoor farm.
  — Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 30 Mar. 2021
• For example, standards might dictate that a certain percentage of the house has to be brick (vinyl is scoffed at), roofs have to have a certain pitch (definitely can’t be flat) and basements are mandatory (no more slab houses).
  — Elizabeth Depompei, Indianapolis Star, 25 Nov. 2019
• Quiche can be baked as a pie, cupcakes, slab pie, or any shape that fits your plan.
  — Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2020
• Bake the slab pie for 45-50 minutes or until the top is golden brown and the filling is bubbling.
  — Dallas News, 24 June 2020
• The sheet pan can be used for slab pies, cakes, breads, pancakes, meats and vegetables — and now brittle cookies.
  — Anna Caplan, Dallas News, 18 Dec. 2020
• That will not include dropping a line in the Des Plaines River, despite rumors of slab blue gill swimming there.
  — Charles Selle, chicagotribune.com, 22 Feb. 2021
• Given the flat sole, the Elektra is best suited to vertical and slab routes; anything very overhanging will require more of a downturn at the toe.
  — Will Egensteiner, Popular Mechanics, 29 Oct. 2020
• As for style, Blackband says to look at slab-panel cabinetry, which features a flat door over the cabinet box and lends a modern but classic look.
  — Lindsey M. Roberts Special To The Washington Post, Star Tribune, 29 Apr. 2021
• Compliments about the camper rolled in at gas stations, campsites, and RV parks, where most of the vehicles are frowning, slab-sided metal boxes painted in a shade beige or gray.
  — Chris Nelson, Car and Driver, 27 Sep. 2020
• Swan claims Sustenir Agriculture can convert one standard office space with a ceiling to slab clearance of three meters into an indoor farm 178 times the efficiency of an outdoor farm.
  — Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 30 Mar. 2021
• For example, standards might dictate that a certain percentage of the house has to be brick (vinyl is scoffed at), roofs have to have a certain pitch (definitely can’t be flat) and basements are mandatory (no more slab houses).
  — Elizabeth Depompei, Indianapolis Star, 25 Nov. 2019
• Quiche can be baked as a pie, cupcakes, slab pie, or any shape that fits your plan.
  — Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2020
• Bake the slab pie for 45-50 minutes or until the top is golden brown and the filling is bubbling.
  — Dallas News, 24 June 2020
• The sheet pan can be used for slab pies, cakes, breads, pancakes, meats and vegetables — and now brittle cookies.
  — Anna Caplan, Dallas News, 18 Dec. 2020
• That will not include dropping a line in the Des Plaines River, despite rumors of slab blue gill swimming there.
  — Charles Selle, chicagotribune.com, 22 Feb. 2021
• Given the flat sole, the Elektra is best suited to vertical and slab routes; anything very overhanging will require more of a downturn at the toe.
  — Will Egensteiner, Popular Mechanics, 29 Oct. 2020
• As for style, Blackband says to look at slab-panel cabinetry, which features a flat door over the cabinet box and lends a modern but classic look.
  — Lindsey M. Roberts Special To The Washington Post, Star Tribune, 29 Apr. 2021
• Compliments about the camper rolled in at gas stations, campsites, and RV parks, where most of the vehicles are frowning, slab-sided metal boxes painted in a shade beige or gray.
  — Chris Nelson, Car and Driver, 27 Sep. 2020
• Swan claims Sustenir Agriculture can convert one standard office space with a ceiling to slab clearance of three meters into an indoor farm 178 times the efficiency of an outdoor farm.
  — Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 30 Mar. 2021
• For example, standards might dictate that a certain percentage of the house has to be brick (vinyl is scoffed at), roofs have to have a certain pitch (definitely can’t be flat) and basements are mandatory (no more slab houses).
  — Elizabeth Depompei, Indianapolis Star, 25 Nov. 2019

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