anvil vs slab

anvil

noun
  • A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails. 

  • A horizontal-topped mass of cloud, shaped like a blacksmith's anvil, that forms before a thunderstorm. 

  • The non-moving surface of a micrometer against which the item to be measured is placed. 

  • A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped. 

  • The incus bone in the middle ear. 

verb
  • To fashion on, or as if on, an anvil. 

slab

noun
  • An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc. 

  • A poured-concrete foundation for a building. 

  • A car that has been modified with equipment such as loudspeakers, lights, special paint, hydraulics, and other accessories. 

  • A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat. 

  • A very large wave. 

  • The slack part of a sail. 

  • A paving stone; a flagstone. 

  • A large, luxury pre-1980 General Motors vehicle, particularly a Buick, Oldsmobile, or Cadillac. 

  • The amount by which a cache can grow or shrink, used in memory allocation. 

  • A sequence of 12 adjacent bits, serving as a byte in some computers. 

  • A carton containing 24 cans (chiefly of beer). 

  • Part of a tectonic plate that is being, or has been, subducted. 

verb
  • To make something into a slab. 

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