slabs

noun

plural of slab
as in ingots

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Recent Examples of slabs Persistent slabs are one of nine types of avalanches, which include storm slab, deep persistent slab, wet slab, wet loose, dry loose, cornice fall and glide avalanche. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slabs
  1. strips
  2. blooms
  3. beams
  4. bands
  5. boards
Noun
  • The vending machine will offer two-dose boxes of naloxone and other hygiene and personal safety tools, including fentanyl test strips, xylazine, barbiturates, condoms and medetomidine.
    — JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • The designer had also requested half-inch reveals, backed by strips of silvery metal, wherever the walls meet the floors.
    — Dean Kaufman, Curbed, 30 June 2026
Definition of strips
Noun
  • Bee Balm Bee balm, also known as monarda, offers more benefits than its colorful summertime blooms, which attract beneficial pollinators.
    — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 5 July 2026
  • The agency is also monitoring for cyanobacteria, formerly known as blue-green algae, which can form harmful algal blooms that pose risks to people and animals.
    — Madison Smalstig July 3, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of blooms
Noun
  • In the evening, the Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks show will draw thousands of eyes upward as 85,000 shells are launched from six barges and a laser show beams up from the Brooklyn Bridge.
    — Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 2 July 2026
  • The filmmakers cut freely and rapidly among the duo’s poses, their stumbles, their fears, their tightrope walks across precarious beams in the sky.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 July 2026
Definition of beams
Noun
  • People magazine at the time estimated the wedding cost $1 million and noted the event included four bands and a fireworks show.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • The team looked at what bands were cool and what labels were on the rise at the time.
    — Angelina Mazza, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Definition of bands
Noun
  • Jaylin Smalls of Rancho Cucamonga is 6-4, 230 pounds and moving up recruiting boards.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • Today, Kober enjoys volunteering at his local community center, as well as making marquetry bookmarks and Viking chess boards.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
Definition of boards

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