slab

Example Sentences

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Snow, sleet and occasional icy rains have frozen over to cover much of Berlin in thin slabs of ice, which hospitals report have led to a spike in falls and injuries.

From Barron's

I loved to watch him grind the tobacco on his stone slab and scoop it carefully inside.

From Literature

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