English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-slice.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪs|-aɪs

Etymology
From OF. esclice (a piece split off), from esclicier (to splinter). Used in English since 14th Century.

Noun
en-noun

1. That which is thin and broad.
2. A thin, broad piece cut off.

#: a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread

1. A piece of pizza.

#:I'll have a slice, please.

1. A broad, thin piece of plaster.
2. A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
3. A salver, platter, or tray.
4. 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.
5. One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
6. A removable sliding bottom to galley.
7. golf A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw
8. Australian English A class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squareish slices.
9. medicine A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.

Translations
trans-top|thin, broad piece cut off
Czech: krajíc m (of bread)
Kurdish: KUchar|�اش
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Polish: (2) plaster m, plasterek m; kromka f (of bread), pajda f (of bread); (3) kawa�ek m;
Serbian: kriška f
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Verb
en-verb|slic|ing

1. To cut into slices.

#:Slice the cheese thinly.

1. golf To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).

Translations
trans-top|to cut into slices
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Portuguese: fatiar f
Italian: taglio
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trans-top|(golf) to hit a shot that travels to one side
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