slab

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Far underneath the surface of the earth, rock tore away from rock as a giant slab of the earth’s crust wrested free from its trap.

From Literature

There was a slab of cream-colored dried fish, delicious and so salty it was like eating the sea itself.

From Literature

Hearing the crackle of a small flame — that slightly charred, earthy smell — while a slab of pork fat pops in the cooking kettle, slowly melting down as the base for tonight’s sauce.

From Salon

One potentially distracting difference between the surfaces: you don’t catch your own reflection in a slab of stone or see what’s going on behind it.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It had been assumed that faults follow the leading edge of the subducting slab, but this example deviates from that," Materna said.

From Science Daily