Slab vs. Plinth — What's the Difference?

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

A block or slab on which a pedestal, column, or statue is placed.

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

The base block at the intersection of the baseboard and the vertical trim around an opening.

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

A continuous course of stones supporting a wall. Also called plinth course.

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

A square base, as for a vase.

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

A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based.

(Baseball) The pitcher's rubber.

The bottom course of stones or bricks supporting a wall.

To make or shape into slabs or a slab.

A base or pedestal beneath a cabinet.

To cover or pave with slabs.

In classical architecture, a vertically faced member immediately below the circular base of a column; also, the lowest member of a pedestal; hence, in general, the lowest member of a base; a sub-base; a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom. See Illust. of Column.

To dress (a log) by cutting slabs.

An architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)

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

Viscid.

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

(nautical) The slack part of a sail.

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

(surfing) A very large wave.

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

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

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

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

(archaic) Mud, sludge.

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

(transitive) To make something into a slab.

(archaic) Thick; viscous.

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

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

The wryneck.

The slack part of a sail.

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

Thick; viscous.

Block consisting of a thick piece of something