Slice

Definition: Slice

Slice

Noun

1. A share of something; "a slice of the company's revenue".

2. A serving that has been cut from a larger portion; "a piece of pie"; "a slice of bread".

3. A wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut".

4. A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing".

5. A thin flat piece cut off of some object.

6. A spatula for spreading paint or ink.

Verb

1. Make a clean cut through; "slit her throat".

2. In golf: hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the right.

3. Cut into slices; "Slice the salami, please".

4. Hit a ball with a slice.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "slice" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Etymology: Slice \Slice\, noun. [Old English slice, sclice, Old French esclice, from esclicier, esclichier, to break to pieces, of German origin; compare to Old High German sl[=i]zan to split, slit, tear, German schleissen to slit. See Slit, transitive verb]. (references)

Electrical Engineering

Food & Agriculture

Industry

Mining

Slang

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SLICE

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Slice

Disjunction

Sunder, divide, subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind; circumcise; cut; incide, incise; saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit, split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst; rend; rend asunder, rend in twain; wrench, rupture, shiver, cranch, crunch, craunch, chop; cut up, rip up; hack, hew, slash; whittle; haggle, hackle, discind, lacerate, scamble, mangle, gash, hash, slice.

Layer

Verb: slice, shave, pare, peel; delaminate; plate, coat, veneer; cover.

Plate; lamina, lamella; sheet, foil; wafer; scale, flake, peel; coat, pellicle; membrane, film; leaf; slice, shive, cut, rasher, shaving, integument; (covering); eschar.

Part

Piece, lump, bit cut, cutting; chip, chunk, collop, slice, scale; lamina; small part; morsel, particle; (smallness); installment, dividend; share; (allotment).

Crosswords: Slice

French (slice, sliver), Portuguese (slice), Swedish (slice).

It's been a real slice. (Hercules; writing credit: Ron Clements; Barry Johnson)

Snip snip - slice slice can you believe it (Brazil; writing credit: Terry Gilliam; Charles McKeown)

Let's watch them slice this fat bastard up. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

A nickel will buy you a steak and kidney pie, a cup of coffee, a slice of cheesecake and a newsreel with enough change left over to ride the trolley from Battery Park to the polo grounds (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

I'll bet you a hundred bucks you slice it into the woods (Caddyshack; writing credit: Brian Doyle-Murray; Harold Ramis)

I realize the best part of love is the thinnest slice (Lost In Love; performing artist: Air Supply)

Nice and thick, if you ever leave me I'd slice my wrists (Feelin' So Good; performing artist: Jennifer Lopez)

He slice the wax cut forward cut back (I Wanna Rock; performing artist: Prince)

A Slice of Sunday (1965)

Slice o' Life (2003)

The Big Slice (1991)

A Slice of Life (1988)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Slice of Christmas from Piece O'Cake Designs (reference)

• A Slice of Snow: A Book of Poems. (reference)

• Cure Your Slice Forever! (reference)

• Magic Quilts by the Slice (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Slice of Death (reference)

• Big Slice (reference)

• Troubleshooting the Slice (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• A Slice of America (reference)

• A Slice Of Pie (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Toshiba High Capacity Battery Slice For Portege 3440Ct (reference)

• Ultrabase X2 Media Slice for IBM Thinkpad X Series 2662 (reference)

• ULTRABASE X3 MEDIA SLICE F/ X30 (reference)

• TIME SLICE MACINTOSH (reference)

• UPG TIME SLICE MACINTOSH (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• T-Fal 53970 Thick & Thin Two Slice Toaster (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

(1) color slide of a slice of watermelon. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

PET scans at the level of the basal ganglia of a normal control (1) case 1 at the start (2) and after treatment with AZT (3). In (1) there is a homogeneous pattern of glucose metabolism in the frontal, temporal and occipital cortex and in the subcortical grey matter. At the onset of treatment with AZT (2) there is a heterogeneous pattern of glucose metabolism with a relative reduction in the posterior temporal and occipital regions and the thalamus. Thirteen weeks after treatment with AZT, the abnormal pattern has partly resolved (3). All images are scaled from zero to 100% of the maximum activity within the slice (scale shown on right of figure). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Shown is a close up of a slice of a baguette. This photo was part of the interactive CD. Credit: Renee Comet (Photographer).

(11) color slides show different types of bread. (4) two pieces of toasted white bread with a pat of melted butter, (1) two pieces of toasted white bread, (2) single slice of bread spread completely with butter, (1) french bread loaf with two pieces sliced off the end, (1) loaf of garlic bread, (2) single slice of garlic bread. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

(2) color slides show different breakfast danish, each single slice. (1) apple crumb danish (single slice), (1) cherry danish (single slice). Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

(4) color slides show a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, the top slice of bread is turned clockwise so as to see the peanut butter and jelly filling. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

There are royal blue bowls (1 large, 1 small) full of white popcorn, on a white tablecloth. Behind the bowls are a glass mug of tea with a lemon slice and a cinnamon stick and a red poppy. See also AV-3905. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

From an overhead angle, a slice of watermelon, scattered grapes and popcorn kernels are shown on a yellow and black plaid tabletop. Diagonal black letters read: "Choose Low-fat Snacks". Shot on 4x5 format. This was used in the 1989 calendar "Eat for Good Health" September 1989. See artwork: PV-19. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Army National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. John Leonard Jr. and Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Christina Blithe slice the birthday cake with a sword on behalf of all enlisted Guardsmen during the National Guard's 364th birthday celebration in Arlington, Va., on.

A meal as appetizing as this one may prove memorable indeed, especially if your memory is jogged by the new food-survey techniques described in the cover story, entitled, "Was It A Slab, a Slice, or a Sliver?" P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Peggy Greb..

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[The Guide] says that the effect of a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick

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Health

Computed Tomograpgy (CT). A computed tomography scan of the chest is a series of x rays that provide a view of the lungs that looks almost as if a slice had been made through the chest. (references)

This is the equivalent of an additional 8 ounce glass of 2milk and one-half of a sandwich (1 slice of bread, approximately 1 ounce of meat, and I teaspoon of margarine, mayonnaise, etc.) per day. The need for protein also increases during pregnancy. (references)

Most users roll loose marijuana into a cigarette (called a joint or a nail) or smoke it in a pipe. One well-known type of water pipe is the bong. Some users mix marijuana into foods or use it to brew a tea. Another method is to slice open a cigar and replace the tobacco with marijuana, making what's called a blunt. (references)

Business

Novell sees part of its future success in the telecommunications arena with its Novell directory service (NDS) and is wooing large companies to corner a slice of its market. (references)

The perception is that U.S. companies have not displayed a commitment to long term investment or have not reached a critical size in the UK. Some U.S. companies, however, have been improving their performance and are consequently gaining a larger slice of the UK market. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "slice": a slice of ham ♦ bit slice ♦ cake slice ♦ epitaxial slice ♦ first slice ♦ fish slice ♦ furrow slice ♦ Galley slice ♦ large slice ♦ master slice ♦ Neapolitan slice ♦ polished slice ♦ rhin slice ♦ slice bar ♦ slice into ♦ slice lapping ♦ slice of bacon ♦ slice of bread ♦ slice of bread and butter ♦ slice of cheese ♦ slice off ♦ slice through ♦ slice up ♦ spread butter on a slice of bread ♦ time slice. Additional references.

Beginning with "slice": slice-and-dice, Slice-of-brooklyn, slice-of-life, slice-shaped, slice-squared.

Ending with "slice": Cream-slice, lard-slice, no-slice, squerr-slice.

Afrikaans

sny (clip, cut, shear), skyf (dial, disc, disk, record), plak (glue, plate, sheet, slab, stick). (various references)

Albanian

thikë e gjerë, thelë (chunk, clove, cut, hunk, lobule, segment, share), rriskë, pres në feta, pjesë (allotment, block, Cantel, Cantle, component, contingent, deal, divvy, helping, interest, kit, leg, length, limb, line, lot, part, partition, patch, piece, portion, proportion, quantum, quota, quotient, rate, scrap, section, segment, share, snack, span), ndaj në pjesa, fetë (hunch, round, section, toast). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نصيب (destiny, fortune, lot, luck, odds, portion, quota, share, whack), ‏قطعة خبز (cob), ‏قطعة (bit, chunk, cut, division, fraction, fragment, part, piece, portion, section, segment, share), ‏قطع الى شرائح (fillet, slit), ‏حصة (allocation, allotment, class, class period, cut, dividend, lesson, lot, part, percentage, period, portion, proportion, quantum, ration, share, whack), ‏سكين عريضة النصل, ‏سكين المطبخ (palette knife), ‏ضربة للكرة تجعلها تنحرف لليمين, ‏ضرب الكرة بانحراف, ‏جزء (bit, fraction, parcel, part, partition, piece, portion, pt., section, share), ‏الشريحة (batten), ‏شريحة مستديرة, ‏شريحة (fillet, schnitzel, section, slab, slat, sliver, string), ‏شرح (account for, anatomize, be explained, caption, commentary, cut into slices, demonstrate, demonstration, dissect, elucidate, elucidation, explain, explanation, explication, exposition, expound, puzzle out, represent, sort out). (various references)

Bulgarian 

шпатула (spatula), пай (contingent, divvy, pate, pie, portion, share, whack), парче (bar, bit, cake, catch, cob, cut, cutting, dollop, fragment, lump, patch, piece, portion, scrap, section, slip, slipping, snatch, splint, splinter), поря (busk, cleave, furrow, knife, plough, rip), нарязвам (hash, shred), обръщам с лопатка, обръщам с шпатула, дял (allocation, allotment, concern, contingent, deal, dos, interest, lobe, parcel, part, partition, portion, proportion, quantum, quota, sector, segment, share, snack, value, whack), вземам с шпатула, сечена топка, филия, част (concern, detachment, division, fraction, interest, lap, leg, member, movement, outfit, parcel, part, partition, piece, portion, proportion, quantum, quota, rate, section, segment, share, snack, unit), разделям (break up, come between, disconnect, dispart, dissever, disunite, divide, divorce, divvy, lot, parcel out, part, partition, plot, portion, segment, segregate, separate, sever, share, split, split up, sunder, uncouple, unjoin, win away), разпределям (admeasure, allocate, allot, apportion, assort, deal out, dispense, distribute, give out, map out, measure, parcel out, part, plot, serve out, share out, sort), режа (cut, hack, lop, pare, scissor, slash, snip, stab), резен (wedge), сека (chop, cut, fell, haggle, hew, incuse, slash, stamp, strike), вземам с лопатка. (various references)

Catalan

filet. (various references)

Chinese 

切片 . (various references)

Czech

servírovací nùž, servírovací lopatka, rozřezat (carve up, cut up, hash, shred, slash), plátek (cut, flake, lamina, sheet, strip), krajíc, krájet (carve, cut, Whittle), řízek (cutlet, filet, gudgeon, schnitzel, steak). (various references)

Danish

skære (cut). (various references)

Dutch

plak (plate, sheet, slab), snede (cut), moot (fish steak), filet (brass rule, fillet, fine cord, rule, string, tailpiece, tenderloin, thread, vein). (various references)

Esperanto

tranĉi (cut), tranĉaĵo. (various references)

Faeroese

skera (cut, mow, shave), kut, avskorið petti. (various references)

Farsi 

قسمت (Arm, Canto, Chapter, Compartment, Department, Detachment, Division, Dole, Flat, Grist, Internode, Leg, Lot, Parcel, Party, Percentage, Piece, Plank, Portion, Proportion, Rasher, Ratio, Sect, Section, Segment, Share), قاش کردن (Sliver), قاش (Plug, Sliver), گوه (Cleat, Gad, Sprag), تیغه گوشت بری , تکه (Bit, Dab, Fragment, Glimmer, Gob, Goblet, Item, Loaf, Lot, Lump, Morsel, Nub, Pane, Patch, Portion, Scrap, Shiver, Shred, Slab, Smidgen, Whit), سهم (Allotment, Arrow, Contribution, Lot, Portion, Proportion, Quota, Ratio, Ration, Scantling, Share, Whack), باریکه (Isthmus, Jog, Slab, Strip, Tab), باریک (Capillary, Linear, Narrow, Slat, Slender, Strait, Tender, Tenuous, Thin), بریدن (Amputate, Carve, Chop, Cut, Cutback, Cutoff, Dock, Gash, Hack, Haggle, Hew, Intercept, Mangle, Rase, Rift, Sect, Sever, Shear, Sliver, Stag, Stump, Sunder, Whittle), برش (Broach, Clip, Cut, Cutting, Dissection, Excision, Hack, Incision, Recision, Section, Sectorial, Slash, Snip). (various references)

Finnish

viipale (hunk, rasher), puolijohdekiekko (nut washer, wafer, washer), leikata (carve, clip, crop, cut, cut out, intersect, lance, operate, pare, prunce, shear, trim), huulirako. (various references)

French

tranche (slab, slat, sliver), trancher (slice through), tailler, rondelle, couper (slash). (various references)

Frisian

fykje (cut). (various references)

German

Schnitte (cuts, cuttings, open sandwich, sandwich, serrations), Scheibe (bit-slice, dial, disc, disk, glass, layer, pane, plate, plug, puck, pulley, rasher, segment, sheet, slab, target, wafer, washer, wheel, window), schneiden (bite, carve, chop, clip, cross, crosscutting, cut, cut down, cutting, cutting edges, edit, finesse, harvest, incise, intersect, lance, meet, mow, Nick, pare, reap, scissor, shave, shear, snick, snub, to bite, to clip, to cut, to cutting edges, to scissor, to slice, trim). (various references)

Greek 

φέτα (chop, fillet, sliver, wafer, white cheese). (various references)

Hebrew 

לפלח (bring forth, cleave, segment, split), לפרוס (lay out, spread, unfold), לבתר (carve, dismember, dissect), פלח (lump, piece, section, segment), פרוסה (morsel, piece, sliver), פסה (band, edge, piece, snip, strip), חתיכה (attractive girl, cut, morsel, part, piece), נתח (chunk, piece, section). (various references)

Hungarian

szelet (band, Cantle, chip, cut, fillet, schnitzel, scrap, segment, slab, sliver, snip, steak). (various references)

Icelandic

sníða (cut). (various references)

Indonesian

sepotong (apiece), sayatan (cutlet, slicing), menyayat (slash into, touch profoundly), iris, godot (saw thinly). (various references)

Italian

tagliare (blend, carve, chop, clip, cross, cut, cut across, cut down, cut off, fell, get cut, hack, hew, knife, mow, reap, short cut, snip, trim), fetta (cut, disc, disk, fillet, pane, piece, record, steak, window). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

スマート爆弾 (slide, slider, slider-memory, sliding, smack, smart bomb, smash, smear, smellovision, smile, smiley, Smithsonian Institution, smog, smoke, smoked cheese, smoked salmon, smoker, smooth, smoothing operation, variable autotransformer), 切身 (cut), 切り身 (cut), 切れ (chop, cloth, counter for such, cut, piece, scrap, strip). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きりみ (cut), きれ (chop, cloth, counter for such, cut, piece, scrap, strip), スライス . (various references)

Korean 

조각 (fraction, Piece, Pieces, Sculpturing, shred). (various references)

Manx

sliss-vuilley, slissey (cut, dice), slissaghey, slissag (collop, cutting, rasher, round of bread, shaving), sliss (frustum), jannoo slissagyn jeh, giarrey ayns slissagyn. (various references)

Norwegian

skjære (carve, cut). (various references)

Papiamen

corta (clip, cut, shear). (various references)

Pig Latin

iceslay.(various references)

Polish

ciąć (cut). (various references)

Portuguese

fatia (cantle, chip, chop, cut, section, wedge), partir (absent onself, break, crack, depart, fissure, flit, foliate, fracture, go, go away, knap, leave, outbreak, part, pull out, quit, sail, shove off, smash, split, start, start running, take off, take one's leave). (various references)

Romanian

spinteca (cleave, disembowel, gut, rend, rift, rip, split), tranşã, tåia (cut), tãia (amputate, ax, axe, butcher, cancel, carve, carve out, castrate, chop, clap, cleave, clip, crop, cross, Curdle, cut, cut on the bias, Dent, dissect, engrave, excise, exscind, fell, flench, foul, grave, hew, incise, intercept, kill, measure off, notch, notch off, pare, plough, prune, quarter, resect, rip, Rive, separate, sever, shear, shorten, shut the works down, slaughter, slay, snick, split, Square, stop, strike out, switch off), porţie (go, helping, portion, whack), felie (cut, pig, rasher, round, steak, toast), bucatã (article, bar, brick, clod, cut, dollop, fragment, hunk, junk, length, morsel, nub, part, Pat, patch, piece, ribbon, shred, snack, steak, tablet), brãzda (furrow, gutter, line, plough, ridge, score, streak, wrinkle), împãrţi (admeasure, allot, apportion, assign, branch, cast, comminute, deal, distribute, divide, dole, go snacks, impart, lay on, measure out, mete, mete out, parcel out, partake of, partition, pass out, portion, retail, section, share, split). (various references)

Russian 

резать ломтями, часть (bailiwick, Cantle, division, fraction, limb, member, moiety, part, parts, piece, portion, quota, quotum, segment, share), вырезать вырезка, ломтик (round). (various references)

Scottish

snaois (a slice, piece of anything), geàrr (a hare, brief, cut, short). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sečena lopta, seći na kriške, seći loptu, režanj (lappet), prorezati (slash, slit, slot), porcija (helping, portion, ration, serving, share), parče (chip, patch, piece, shiver, shred, slip, strip), nož (knife, snickersnee), kriška. (various references)

Spanish

trozo (cluster, extract, fragment, gob, lieu, offcut, passage, piece, portion, scrap, section, segment), tajada (chop, cut, round), rodaja (cookie, cross section, cross-section, disc, disk, nut washer, stem disc, transverse section, wafer, washer), rebanar, cortar (ax, axe, bar, behead, block off, Bob, break, break in, chop, clip, comminute, crop, cut, cut across, cut away, cut down, cut in, cut off, cut out, cut up, decapitate, detruncate, disbranch, excise, exscind, fell, hack, incise, intersect, joint, lop, lop away, lop off, lumber, mow, Nick, nip, open, pare, pick, pluck, prune, sever, shear, shear off, shear through, shut off, slit, snick, strike off, tear off, trim away, trim off, turn off, turn out, Whittle), filete (cincture, filet, fillet, rumpsteak, steak, thread). (various references)

Swedish

skiva (beano, cut, dial, disc, disk, Gill, jamboree, party, planch, plate, record, round, scale, sheet, slab, table, top, wheel), andel (concern, cut, divvy, end, interest, lot, part, Parthian, piece, proportion, quota, share, toll, whack). (various references)

Tagalog

putúlin (cut), hiwáin (cut). (various references)

Tahitian

fa'ahu'ahu'a (to slice). (various references)

Thai

แผ่นตัดบางๆ, ส่วนแบ่ง (cake, lot, quota), ตัดเป็นแผ่นบาง. (various references)

Turkish

kesmek (abandon, amputate, Bate, blunt, break, butcher, carve, cease, chaff, chop, chop off, clip, close, close down, crop, cut, cut back, cut off, cut out, deaden, disconnect, discontinue, dock, drop, dry up, excise, fair, fell, gash, give over, hack, hew, interrupt, intersect, kill, knife, lay off, lop, lop off, Nick, nick oneself, nip, nip off, occlude, pare, poll, prune, saw off, sever, shave, shear, shut down on, shut down upon, shut off, slash, slaughter, slit, snick, stanch, staunch, stem, stop, truncate, wrap it up, wrap up). (various references)

Turkmen 

syhalamak (cut with a sharp edge), dilmek, dilim (segment), dilik (cut). (various references)

Ukrainian

скибочка, совок (scoop, spade), різати скибочками, розмазувати, частка (allotment, ante, contingent, crumb, deal, detail, divvy, dose, draught, fraction, lobe, particle, portion, quantity, quota, quotient, shred), шар (bed, flake, layer, ply, stratum, thickness). (various references)

Vietnamese 

miếng mỏng, lát mỏng phần. (various references)

Welsh

ysglisio, ysglisen, torri (break, cut, dig, trace, write), tafell, golwyth (chop, cut), clem (grimaces, notion, sole-piece). (various references)

Zulu

-sika (cut). (various references)

scalpere, secare. (various references)

Schnitzel. (various references)

esclis. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "slice": sliceable, sliced, slicer, slicers, slices. (additional references)

Words ending with "slice": preslice. (additional references)

Words containing "slice": presliced, preslices, unsliced. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Slice" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: isjlike, lswlike, Olice, saice, salice, seice, sica, Sice, Sici, sicu, siec, Silco, Silcox, Silec, Silka, silke, silnce, slaxe, slc, sleece, slic, slicen, slicit, slie, slieu, slife, sliker, slikke, slile, sline, slire, Slive, slouce, Solcia, solice, sollice, stice, sulice. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ceils.

-1 letter: ceil, cels, ices, isle, leis, lice, lies, sice.

-2 letters: cel, cis, els, ice, lei, lie, lis, sec, sei, sel, sic.

-3 letters: el, es, is, li, si.

+1 letter: chiels, chiles, chisel, clevis, climes, clines, colies, liches, relics, sickle, sliced, slicer, slices, sluice, splice, stelic.

+2 letters: beylics, calices, ceilers, celiacs, cellist, celosia, chicles, chields, childes, chilies, chisels, cilices, cineols, circles, citoles, claries, clerics, clerids, clerisy, cliches, clients, cliques, clivers, coilers, collies, coolies, culices, cullies, cylices, deciles, delicts, eclairs, eclipse, elastic, elicits, fecials, filches, helices, iceless, icicles, inclose, inlaces, kylices, laciest, laicise, latices, lectins, leucins, license, lichees, lichens, lickers, luckies, luetics, malices, micells, mickles, nickels, nickles, ossicle, pelvics, pencils, pickles, plaices, polices, recoils, relicts, saclike, sanicle, scaleni, scalier, sectile, selenic, sickled, sickles, silence, silicle, slicers, slicked, slicker, sluiced, sluices, special, spicule, splenic, spliced, splicer, splices, stencil, stickle, tickles, vesical, vesicle, zilches.