slice

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
1. 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
2. a ball that follows such a path

Etymology: ME < OFr esclice < esclicier, to slice < Frank slizzan, akin to slit

transitive verb sliced, slic′·ing

to cut into slices
1. to cut off as in a slice or slices: often with off, from, away, etc.
2. to cut across or through like a knife
to separate into parts or shares sliced up the profits
to use a slice () to spread, remove, etc.
to hit (a ball) in a slice ()

intransitive verb

slic′er noun

thin piece, slab, wedge, collop; see part 1.

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

pineapple: Cut each pineapple slice into quarters and cut the bananas into thick slices on the diagonal.
avocado: Lay avocado slices on bread, topped with slices of chargrilled chicken.
pizza: It led to a life sentence in the US for a pizza slice theft.

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