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slice

/slaɪs/

slice noun: that which is thin and broad.

slice: that which is thin and broad
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Noun

slice (plural slices)

  1. That which is thin and broad.
    • I pulled in hand over hand on the cord, and when I judged myself near enough, rose at infinite risk to about half my height and thus commanded the roof and a slice of the interior of the cabin.1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC
  2. A thin, broad piece cut off.
    • a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread
    • Jim was munching on a slice of toast.
  3. (colloquial) An amount of anything.
    • Blackpool, chasing a seventh win in 17 league matches, simply could not contain Sunderland's rampant attack and had to resort to a combination of last-ditch defending, fine goalkeeping and a large slice of fortune.2010 December 28, Owen Phillips, “Sunderland 0 - 2 Blackpool”, in BBC
  4. A piece of pizza, shaped like a sector of a circle.
    • For breakfast, lunch, or dinner, the best Guido meal is a slice and a Coke.2010, Andrea Renzoni, Eric Renzoni, Fuhgeddaboudit!, page 22
  5. (UK) A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
    • I bought a ham and cheese slice at the service station.
  6. A broad, thin piece of plaster.
  7. A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
  8. A salver, platter, or tray.
  9. A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
  10. One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
  11. A removable sliding bottom to a galley.
  12. A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw.
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  1. A kind of cut shot where the bat makes an obtuse angle with the batter.
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, UK) Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
  3. A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
  4. A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)
  5. A contiguous portion of an array.

Verb

slice (third-person singular simple present slices, present participle slicing, simple past and past participle sliced)

  1. (transitive) To cut into slices.
    • Slice the cheese thinly.
  2. (transitive) To cut with an edge using a drawing motion.
    • The knife left sliced his arm.
    • How could it all be / We've never been dead / But never awake from this dream / How could it all be / We've never been dead / Just mirrors running scared / Slicing wrists while we look for our own mortality / All the lights went out cold / Shadow covers the soul / Essence of the world made...2013 March 12, “Prancer”, in Greg Puciato (lyrics), One of Us Is the Killer, performed by The Dillinger Escape Plan
  3. (transitive) To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.
  4. (transitive, badminton) To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
  5. (transitive) To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
  6. (transitive) To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.
  7. (transitive) To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.
    • Chris Brunt sliced the spot-kick well wide but his error was soon forgotten as Olsson headed home from a corner.2011 October 22, Sam Sheringham, “Aston Villa 1 – 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport
  8. (transitive) To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.

Adjective

slice (not comparable)

  1. Having the properties of a slice knot.

Proper noun capitalized: Slice

Slice

  1. A surname.

slice meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

slice in Hindi

slice
स्लाइस slāis, खाप khāp
slice, piece
फाड़ी phāṛī, फाँक phā̃k

slice in Tamil

சீவல், துண்டு

slice in Marathi

to slice, split, cut
चिरणे cirṇe
to slice
कापणे kāpṇe

slice in Urdu

a slice or piece of fruit
پھانک phāñk
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slice in Bengali
ফালি, টুকরো, স্লাইস
slice in Telugu
చీలిక cīlika
slice in Malayalam
പൂള് pūḷŭ, പൂളുക pūḷuka
slice in Kannada
ಸೀಳಿಕೆ, ಚೂರು, ಭಾಗ, ಮುರುಕು
slice in Punjabi
ਫਾੜੀ phāṛī
slice in Gujarati
સ્લાઇસ
slice in Odia
ଖଣ୍ଡ khaṇḍa
slice in Nepali
स्लाइस, स्लाइस गर्न
slice in Arabic
شريحة, قَطَّعَ qaṭṭaʕa
slice in Malay
hiris, potong, hirisan, potongan
slice in Persian
قاچ qâč, تیکه tikke, لزگه lazge, کرچ karč
slice in Thai
ชิ้น chín, ฝาน fǎan, หั่น hàn, เฉือน chʉ̌ʉan
slice in Vietnamese
lát mỏng, miếng mỏng

Examples of slice in a sentence

  • The baker scored the cake so that the servers would know where to slice it.
  • I had scampi and chips for my main and a slice of cheesecake for dessert.
  • A slice of passion fruit was added to the dessert for visual interest.

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Synonyms of slice

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Forms of slice

Noun
pluralslices
Verb
third-person singular presentslices
present participleslicing
past participlesliced
pastsliced

Past tense of slice: sliced

Plural of slice: slices

Origin of slice

From Middle English sclise, sklise, from Old French esclice, esclis (“a piece split off”), deverbal of esclicer, esclicier (“to splinter, split up”), from Frankish *slitjan (“to split up”), from Proto-Germanic *slitjaną, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to split, tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyd- (“to rend, injure, crumble”). Akin to Old High German sliz, gisliz (“a tear, rip”), Old High German slīȥan (“to tear”), Old English slītan (“to split up”), modern French éclisse. More at slite, slit.

Words formed from slice

Phrases with slice

Words that rhyme with slice

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Questions about slice

What does slice mean?
Slice means that which is thin and broad.
What is slice in Hindi?
Slice in Hindi is स्लाइस (slāis), खाप (khāp), फाड़ी (phāṛī). See Slice meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is slice?
Slice can be a noun, a verb, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce slice?
Slice is pronounced /slaɪs/.
What is the plural of slice?
The plural of slice is slices.

Words near slice in the dictionary

  1. Slg.
  2. SLH
  3. SLHs
  4. SLI
  5. Sliabh Luachra
  6. slice
  7. slice and dice
  8. slice bar
  9. slice bars
  10. slice categories
  11. slice category

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: slice (page history and authors); Slice (page history and authors); खाप (Hindi) (page history and authors); slice (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); कापणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); پھانک (Urdu) (page history and authors); slice (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); చీలిక (Telugu) (page history and authors); പൂളുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); slice (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਫਾੜੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); slice (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ଖଣ୍ଡ (Odia) (page history and authors); slice (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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