slab-sidedadj.
/ˈslabsʌɪdɪd/ Originally U.S.
Having sides like slabs; flat-sided; long and lank. Also in Architecture: see slab n.1 1d.
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > [adjective] > having flat side(s)
slab-sided1817
the world > space > shape > other specific shapes > [adjective] > others
lachrymal1607
tauriform1721
diminished1726
tailed1767
acinose1796
aciniform1798
acinous1809
slab-sided1817
lip-like1836
mound-like1843
high-centred1847
square-toed1851
brush-shaped1880
mushroom1884
bolster-shaped1900
arrowhead1934
narrow-gutted1952
panhandled1960
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > side > [adjective] > types of
long-sidedc1450
fiddle-flankedc1785
slab-sided1817
1817 J. K. Paudling Lett. from South II. 122 He was what is usually called a tall slab-sided Virginian.
1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. 145 Great, long, slab~sided, simple gawkeys.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxv. 79 Her captain was a slab-sided, shamble-legged Quaker.
1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting v. 94 The silky, thin-haired, narrow-chested, and slab-sided animal so fashionable nowadays.
1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes iii. 89 The prize-fighter, a heavily built young man with a stupid, obstinate, slab-sided face.
1933 Flight 23 Mar. 268 The fuselage is not quite ‘slab-sided’.
1964 L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin v. 32 The large slab-sided department store.
1981 E. Corlett Revol. Merchant Shipping 35/1 High slab-sided deckhouses.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1817