Meaning of slice | Babel Free

Definitions

1. That which is thin and broad
2. That which is thin and broad.
3. A surname.
4. A thin, broad piece cut off
5. A thin, broad piece cut off.
6. An amount of anything
7. An amount of anything.
   colloquial
8. A piece of pizza, shaped like a sector of a circle
9. A piece of pizza, shaped like a sector of a circle.
10. A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling
11. A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
    British
12. A broad, thin piece of plaster.
13. A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
14. A salver, platter, or tray.
15. 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.
16. One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
17. A removable sliding bottom to a galley.
18. A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw.
19. A kind of cut shot where the bat makes an obtuse angle with the batter.
20. Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
    Australia, New-Zealand, UK
21. A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
22. A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)
23. A contiguous portion of an array.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread”

“Jim was munching on a slice of toast.”

“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.”

“For breakfast, lunch, or dinner, the best Guido meal is a slice and a Coke.”

“I bought a ham and cheese slice at the service station.”

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