slab roof
1Roof construction — This article is about house construction that consists of beams and an outer weatherproof skin, as found on most domestic architecture. Such roofs may take a number of different shapes. Construction of a ridged roofA simple ridged roof consists… …
2slab — I. noun Etymology: Middle English slabbe Date: 14th century 1. a thick plate or slice (as of stone, wood, or bread): as a. the outside piece cut from a log in squaring it b. concrete pavement (as of a road); specifically a strip of concrete… …
3slab hut — /slæb ˈhʌt/ (say slab hut) noun a rough dwelling made from slabs of wood, usually with bark cladding for the roof and sometimes the walls. Also, slab humpy, slab house …
4roof slab — See ceiling slab …
5ceiling slab — , roof slab A thin but extensive piece of rock that has fallen from the ceiling of a cave in roughly horizontal limestone [10]. See also cave breakdown; ceiling block …
6mushroom slab construction — beamless reinforced concrete floor and roof construction employing columns with widely flaring heads having horizontal rings of reinforcement to support the floor or roof slab. [1960 65] * * * …
7lift-slab — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : of, relating to, or being a method of concrete building construction in which floor and horizontal roof slabs are cast one on top of the other usually at ground level and then lifted to their proper heights after the… …
8mushroom slab construction — beamless reinforced concrete floor and roof construction employing columns with widely flaring heads having horizontal rings of reinforcement to support the floor or roof slab. [1960 65] …
9Under One Roof (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Under One Roof Type = Album Artist = Hunters And Collectors Released = 11 November, 1998 Recorded = ??? Genre = Rock Length = 78:32 Label = White Label Producer = ??? Last album = Juggernaut (1998) This album = Under One… …
10waffle slab — Building Trades. a reinforced concrete floor and roof construction employing a square grid of deep ribs with coffers in the interstices. * * * …
