Deck vs. Slab — What's the Difference?

A platform extending horizontally from one side of a ship to the other.

A broad, flat, thick piece, as of stone or cheese.

A platform or surface likened to a ship's deck.

A cliff or rock ledge that rises at a relatively low angle.

An unroofed platform, typically with a railing, that adjoins a building or is built on a rooftop.

A flat poured concrete surface used as a foundation or base for construction.

The roadway of a bridge or an elevated freeway.

A table on which a body is laid out in a morgue.

The piece of hard material, usually wood or composite, to which the frames housing the wheels are attached on a skateboard or landboard.

An outside piece cut from a log when squaring it for lumber.

A pack of playing cards.

(Baseball) The pitcher's rubber.

A group of data processing cards.

To make or shape into slabs or a slab.

A digital file containing slides for a presentation.

To cover or pave with slabs.

A tape deck.

To dress (a log) by cutting slabs.

To furnish with or as if with a deck.

Chiefly New England To ascend or descend (a steep slope) by an oblique path.

(Slang) To knock down

Viscid.

To clothe with finery; adorn. Often used with out

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

To decorate

(nautical) The slack part of a sail.

Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.

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

(nautical) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.

(surfing) A very large wave.

(aviation) A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.

(computing) A sequence of 12 adjacent bits, serving as a byte in some computers.

(cards) A pack or set of playing cards.

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

A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.

(geology) Part of a tectonic plate that is being, or has been, subducted.

(journalism) A headline consisting of one or more actual lines of text.

(construction) A poured-concrete foundation for a building.

A set of slides for a presentation.

(archaic) Mud, sludge.

(obsolete) A heap or store.

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

(slang) A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs.

(transitive) To make something into a slab.

(colloquial) The floor.

(archaic) Thick; viscous.

(theatre) The stage.

A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces.

(uncommon) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.

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

(informal) To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.

The wryneck.

(card games) To cause a player to run out of cards to draw, usually making them lose the game.

The slack part of a sail.

To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance.

That which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle.

To decorate (something).

Thick; viscous.

(transitive) To cover; to overspread.

Block consisting of a thick piece of something

To cover; to overspread.

To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish.

To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.

To knock down (a person) with a forceful blow; as, He decked his opponent with a single punch.

The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.

The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat.

The roof of a passenger car.

A pack or set of playing cards.

A heap or store.

A main aëroplane surface, esp. of a biplane or multiplane.

The portion of a bridge which serves as the roadway.

A flat platform adjacent to a house, usually without a roof; - it is typically used for relaxing out of doors, outdoor cooking, or entertaining guests.

Any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel

Street name for a packet of illegal drugs

A pack of 52 playing cards

A porch that resembles the deck on a ship

Be beautiful to look at;

Decorate;

Knock down with force;