Hydrocarbon, any of a class of organic chemical compounds composed only of the elements carbon (C) and hydrogen (H). The carbon atoms join together to form the framework of the compound; the hydrogen atoms attach to them in many different configurations. Hydrocarbons are the principal constituents of petroleum and natural gas.
Use slab in a sentence. 1  a piece that is flat, broad, and fairly thick: a slab of concrete, a slab of bread.  any of the rough, outer pieces cut from a log, as in sawing it into lumber.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Table(noun) a smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab. 2  Table(noun) a thin, flat piece of wood, stone, metal, or other material, on which anything is cut, traced, written, or painted; a tablet. 3  Table(noun) a memorandum book.