Jar vs Slab - What's the difference?
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A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of glass or clay, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
To knock or strike sharply.
To shock or surprise.
To look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
To give forth a rudely quivering or tremulous sound; to sound harshly or discordantly.
* Shakespeare:
* Roscommon:
To act in opposition or disagreement; to clash; to interfere; to quarrel; to dispute.
* Spenser:
* Milton:
A shake.
A sense of alarm or dismay.
Discord, contention; quarrelling.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.ii:
* 1612 , John Smith, Proceedings , in Kupperman 1988, page 122:
(archaic) Mud, sludge.
* 1664 , ,
A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
* 1859 , John Lang, Botany Bay, or, True Tales of Early Australia ,
* 1913 , , 2008,
* 2010 , Ryan Humphreys, The Flirtations of Dan Harris ,
A paving stone; a flagstone.
(Australia) A carton containing twenty-four cans of beer.
* 2001 , , Gallipoli ,
* 2008 , Diem Vo, Family Life , Alice Pung (editor),
* 2010 , Holly Smith, Perth, Western Australia & the Outback , Hunter Publishing,
* 2009 , Ross Fitzgerald, Trevor Jordan, Under the Influence: A History of Alcohol in Australia , 2011,
An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
A bird, the wryneck.
(nautical) The slack part of a sail.
(slang) A large, luxury pre-1980 General Motors vehicle, particularly a Buick, Oldsmobile or Cadillac.
(surfing) A very large wave.
* 2009 , Bruce Boal, The Surfing Yearbook , SurfersVillage,
* 2011 , Douglas Booth, Surfing: The Ultimate Guide ,
(computing) A sequence of 12 adjacent bits, serving as a byte in some computers.
To make something into a slab.
thick; viscous
* Shakespeare
(Southern US, slang) A car that has been modified with equipment such as loudspeakers, lights, special paint, hydraulics, and any other accessories that add to the style of the vehicle.
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* 2012 , Bobby Austin, By All Mean$ , AuthorHouse (2012), ISBN 9781468542943,
In transitive terms the difference between jar and slab
is that jar is to shock or surprise while slab is to make something into a slab.As an initialism JAR
is initialism of Java ARchive|lang=en.As an adjective slab is
thick; viscous.jar
English
(wikipedia jar)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* potDerived terms
* cookie jar * jam jar, jamjar * mason jar * spice jarEtymology 2
Unknown; perhaps imitative.Verb
- He hit it with a hammer, hoping he could jar it loose.
- I think the accident jarred him, as he hasn't gotten back in a car since.
- The notes jarred on my ears.
- When such strings jar , what hope of harmony?
- A string may jar in the best master's hand.
- When those renowned noble peers Greece / Through stubborn pride among themselves did jar .
- For orders and degrees / Jar not with liberty, but well consist.
Noun
(en noun)- He maketh warre, he maketh peace againe, / And yet his peace is but continuall iarre [...].
- To redresse those jarres and ill proceedings, the Councell in England altered the governement and devolved the authoritie to the Lord De-la-ware.
Synonyms
* (knock sharply) (l)Derived terms
* (l)Anagrams
* (l) ----slab
English
(wikipedia slab)Etymology 1
From (etyl) sclabbe, slabbe, of origin.Noun
(en noun)Sylva, Or A Discourse of Forest Trees, Volume 1,
- Some do also plant oziers in their eights, like quick-sets, thick, and (near the water) keep them not more than half a foot above ground; but then they must be diligently cleansed from moss, slab , and ouze, and frequently prun'd (especially the smaller spires) to form single shoots;.
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- There were no windows in the inn. They were not required, since the interstices between the slabs suffered the wind, the rain, and the light of day to penetrate simultaneously.
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- Then there was the Mexican who sold big slabs of chewing taffy for five cents each.
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- “The pier? You mean those few sodden logs tied together and that dingy slab of rough concrete.”
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- The Australians murder a few slabs of beer and the New Zealanders murder a few vowels.
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- However, unlike in Ramsay Street, there were never any cups of tea or bickies served. Instead, each family unit came armed with a slab of beer.
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- Common 375-ml cans are called tinnies, and can be bought in 24-can slabs for discounted prices.
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- One essential part of the strategy for selling regionally identified beers beyond their borders was the selling of slabs — a package of four six-packs of stubbies or cans — for discounted prices interstate.
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- After being towed into a massive slab , Dorian dropped down the face and caught a rail, putting him in a near-impossible situation.
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- In August 2000 he successfully rode a slab of unfathomable power at Teahupo?o.
Derived terms
* slab hut * slab on gradeVerb
(slabb)Etymology 2
Compare Gaelic & Irish (slaib), mud, mire left on a river strand, and English .Adjective
(en adjective)- Make the gruel thick and slab .
Etymology 3
Acronym of Slow]], Loud And [[banging, Bangin'.Noun
(en noun)- Slim thug - wood grain wheel - You ain't riding slab if them ain't swangas on ya ride.
- Pull me over, try to check my slab
- I'mma swang, I'mma swing my slab lean to the left
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- All three of them recognized who the Lexus'(sic) belonged to so he parked his slab and they cocked their guns.