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Dice are defined as small cubes that have different things written on each side of the cube (usually numbers from 1-6), or games played with this small cube, or small cubes of food.
(noun)- Two white cubes, each with six sides which each contain a number from 1-6, that are thrown in the casino game Craps or in the board game Yahtzee are an example of dice.
- A game where you throw a six-sided cube and bet on what number it will land on is an example of dice.
- A small square piece of cucumber that you created by chopping up a cucumber with a knife is an example of dice.
To dice is to play or gamble with a six-sided cube that has something (usually a number from 1-6) written on each side. To dice is also to cut food up into small cubes.
(verb)- Playing craps is an example of a time when you dice.
- Cutting up a carrot into small, square pieces to put into a soup is an example of a time when you dice the carrot.
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See dice in Webster's New World College Dictionary
- small cubes of bone, plastic, etc. marked on each side with a different number of spots (from one to six) and used, usually in pairs, in games of chance
- a gambling game played with dice
- any small cubes, as of food
Origin: ME dis, pl.: see die
transitive verb
- to lose by gambling with dice
- to cut (vegetables, etc.) into small cubes
- to mark with a pattern of cubes or squares; checker
Related Forms:
- dicer noun
See dice in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun verb diced diced, dic·ing, dic·es verb, intransitive
To play or gamble with dice.
verb, transitive- To win or lose (money) by gambling with dice.
- To cut (food) into small cubes.
- To decorate with dicelike figures.
Origin:
Origin: Pl. of die2
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