Slice

  • 21slice — [[t]sla͟ɪs[/t]] ♦♦♦ slices, slicing, sliced 1) N COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n A slice of bread, meat, fruit, or other food is a thin piece that has been cut from a larger piece. Try to eat at least four slices of bread a day. ...water… …

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  • 22slice — 1 noun 1 (C) a flat piece of bread, meat etc cut from a larger piece: a slice of bread and butter | Cut the pork into thin slices. 2 (C) a part or share of something good: Everyone wanted a slice of the profits. 3 (C) a kitchen tool used for… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23slice — sliceable, adj. slicingly, adv. /sluys/, n., v., sliced, slicing. n. 1. a thin, flat piece cut from something: a slice of bread. 2. a part, portion, or share: a slice of land. 3. any of various implements with a thin, broad blade or part, as for… …

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  • 24slice — I. verb (sliced; slicing) Etymology: Middle English sklicen, from Anglo French esclicer to splinter, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German slīzan to tear apart more at slit Date: 1551 transitive verb 1. to cut with or as if with a knife 2.… …

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  • 25slice — /slaɪs / (say sluys) noun 1. a thin, broad, flat piece cut from something: a slice of bread. 2. a part; portion. 3. any of various implements with a thin, broad blade or part, as for turning food in a frying pan, for serving fish at table, for… …

  • 26slice up — verb cut into slices (Freq. 1) Slice the salami, please • Syn: ↑slice • Derivationally related forms: ↑slice (for: ↑slice), ↑slicer ( …

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  • 27Slice — Ein Slice (engl. Stück , Teil ) ist ein Abschnitt eines Samples in der elektronischen Musik, siehe Slice (Musik) ein Teilstück einer aufgeteilten Grafik die Aufteilung eines Speichermediums bei BSD Unix, vergleichbar mit einer Partition eine… …

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  • 28slice — 01. Would you like another [slice] of pizza? 02. My friend accidentally [sliced] open her hand with a large carving knife at Christmas. 03. I just ate some scrambled eggs with hot sauce on a [slice] of whole wheat toast for lunch. 04. We [sliced] …

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  • 29slice — {{11}}slice (n.) c.1300, a fragment, from O.Fr. esclis splinter, a back formation from esclicier to splinter, from Frankish *slitan to split or some other Germanic source (Cf. O.H.G. slizan; see SLIT (Cf. slit)). Meaning piece cut from something… …

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  • 30slice — [[t]slaɪs[/t]] n. v. sliced, slic•ing 1) a thin, flat piece cut from something: a slice of bread[/ex] 2) a part or portion: a slice of land[/ex] 3) any of various implements with a thin, broad blade or part; spatula 4) spo a) the path described… …

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