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The
Determiner
  slab
Noun
  was
Auxiliary
  hewn
Adjective
  from
Adposition
  heavy
Adjective
  blocks
Noun
  of
Adposition
  slate
Noun
.

The slab was hewn from heavy blocks of slate.
Words and sentences
New
slab

New
was

  1. first-person singular simple past indicative of be.
  2. third-person singular simple past indicative of be.
  3. (colloquial) Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural.
  4. second-person singular simple past indicative of be; were.
  5. (colloquial) first-person plural simple past indicative of be; were.
  6. (colloquial) third-person plural simple past indicative of be; were.

New
hewn

New
from

  1. Used to indicate source or provenance.
  2. Originating at (a year, time, etc.)
  3. Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
  4. Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
  5. Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
  6. Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
  7. Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
  8. Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
  9. Indicating removal or separation.
  10. Indicating removal or separation.
  11. Indicating exclusion.
  12. Indicating differentiation.
  13. Produced with or out of (a substance or material).
  14. Used to indicate causation; because of, as a result of.

New
heavy

New
blocks

New
of

New
slate

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