slice Definition
slice (slīs)
noun
- a relatively thin, broad piece cut from an object having some bulk or volume a slice of apple
- a part, portion, or share a slice of one's earnings
- any of various implements with a flat, broad blade, as a spatula
- the path of a hit ball that curves away to the right from a right-handed player or to the left from a left-handed player
- a ball that follows such a path
Etymology: ME < OFr esclice < esclicier, to slice < Frank slizzan, akin to slit
transitive verb sliced, slic′·ing
slice Related Forms
slic′er noun
slice Synonyms
slice Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- toast: Cereal and milk, two slices of toast and fruit juice is provided for 30p.
- bread: Cut the slices of white bread into small even cubes.
- pie: Rock still has the biggest slice of the record sales pie - up slightly to 25 % of the total.
- ham: Place a slice of ham and a finger of Gruyère cheese on each escalope and carefully roll up each bundle into a neat curl.
- cake: By the time Nicky arrived at the top the spokes in her front wheel had provided us with more slices of cake!
- lemon: Drinking some water with a slice of lemon in it can help to cool you down.
Object
- onion: To steam, place whole, peeled onions or sliced onions in a steamer.
- bread: Slice the bread into 3 cm pieces, cutting large slices in half.
- courgette: Top with layers of sliced tomatoes and sliced courgettes.
- clove: You slice the cloves into 1/8 " slices first, it's a bit fiddly, and put them in a single layer.
- mushroom: Add cream and brandy to pan when sliced mushrooms are cooked.
- cucumber: Cut a cold boiled beef into strips, add six radishes, two hard-boiled eggs chopped up, and one small sliced cucumber.
Adjective modifier
- thin: Cut a thin slice from the top of the onion.
- hippocampal: Chronic epileptic foci in vitro in hippocampal slices from rats with the tetanus toxin epileptic syndrome.
- thick: The cucumber is also good, with several thick slices.
- lemon: Use 12 - 14 quarters of lemon slices dependant upon size of squares to be cut once baked.
Modifies a noun
thickness: Figure 7: Scaling error vs different slice thicknesses.
Noun used with modifier
Browse dictionary entries near slice
- ‹ SLGS
- ‹ Slezak, Leo
- ‹ slew
- ‹ sleuth
- ‹ Slesvig
- ‹ slept
- ‹ slenderize
- ‹ slender
- ‹ sleight of hand
- ‹ sleight
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