slab vs starboard

slab

noun
  • The slack part of a sail. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

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

  • 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. 

starboard

noun
  • The righthand side of a ship, boat or aircraft when facing the front, or fore or bow. Used to unambiguously refer to directions according to the sides of the vessel, rather than those of a crew member or object. 

  • One of the two traditional watches aboard a ship standing a watch in two. 

verb
  • To put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel. 

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