slice
That which is thin and broad.
Noun 4 meanings
That which is thin and broad.
A thin, broad piece cut off.
“a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread”
An amount of anything.
A piece of pizza, shaped like a sector of a circle.
Verb 4 meanings
To cut into slices.
“Slice the cheese thinly.”
To cut with an edge using a drawing motion.
“The knife left sliced his arm.”
To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.
To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
Adjective 1 meaning
Having the properties of a slice knot.
Etymology
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”).
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SLICE at a glance
SLICE has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (S 1 + L 1 + I 1 + C 3 + E 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,068 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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