Slab

• 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 ==See also==