Slab or SLAB may refer to:
Physical materials Concrete slab, a flat concrete plate used in construction Stone slab, a flat stone used in construction Slab (casting), a length of metal Slab (geology), that portion of a tectonic plate that is subducting Slab pull, the tectonic plate force due to subduction Slab suction, one of the major plate tectonic driving forces Slab window, a gap that forms in a subducted oceanic plate Slab (fossil) and counter slab, the two counterparts of a fossil impression Slab hut, a kind of dwelling made from slabs of split or sawn timber
Places Slab Point, a rocky point in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
United States Slab, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia Slab City, California, a locality in the Colorado Desert Slab City, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Shawano County, Wisconsin Slab Fork, a tributary of the Guyandotte River in southern West Virginia
People and characters Thomas Murphy (Irish republican) (born 1946), nicknamed "Slab"
Fictional characters Slab (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe Slab, a character in The Ripping Friends Slab, a character in "Mr. Young"
Media and entertainment SLAB!, 1980s industrial music group "The Slab", a 1984 song by Hunters & Collectors off the album The Jaws of Life The Slab, a 2004 UK poetry anthology The Slab or Slabside Penitentiary, a metahuman prison in the DC Comics universe
Science and technology Slab (geometry), the volume between two parallel planes Stupendously large black hole, a hypothetical region of spacetime
Technology Slab (unit), a 12-bit unit of computer memory on the NCR 315 Slab allocation, a computer memory management mechanism Bar (form), a mobile phone form factor also known as a slab Slab method, a ray-box intersection algorithm Slab serif, a kind of typeface Slab construction, a building method
Organisations Scottish Legal Aid Board Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ symbol)
Other uses Slab, unseparated ribs in a culinary context Slab of beer, a flat package containing a large number of cans of beer Coin slab, a sealed transparent plastic coin holder Slab of Bacon, a traveling trophy in American college football rivalry games Slab climbing, a type of rock climbing on a surface at an angle less steep than vertical Student loan asset-backed security, an asset-backed security "S.L.A.B. theory", a term coined by David Bordwell to refer to theories that use the ideas of Saussure, Lacan, Althusser, and/or Barthes "Slab", a disc golf distance driver by Infinite Discs Slab (car), a slang name to heavily customized and colorful cars associated with Texan rap culture
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