Noun
SLABS pl (plural only)
Initialism of student loan asset-backed securities.
The pavement slabs burn loose beneath my feet, A chafing savage, down the decent street; And passion rends my vitals as I pass, Where boldly shines your shuttered door of glass. Claude McKay
I went outside, tripping over slabs of sunshine the size of towns. The sun was like a crowd of people, it was a party, it was music. The sun was blaring through the walls of the houses and beating down the steps. The Sun was drumming time into the stone. The sun was rhythming the day. Jeanette Winterson
Above the roof, which is formed of nine slabs of stone weighing in total about 400 tons, are five compartments known as Relieving Chambers. Source: Internet
Accretion occurs over geoidal lows that can be caused by avalanche slabs or the downgoing limbs of convection cells. Source: Internet
Agarose gels as dilute as 0.15% can form slabs for gel electrophoresis. Source: Internet
Another three slabs are on top, leaning in such a way they reduce the surface and form a false dome; two large parallelepiped boulders complete the construction. Source: Internet