slice
Definitions
- That which is thin and broad
- That which is thin and broad.
- A surname.
- A thin, broad piece cut off
- A thin, broad piece cut off.
- An amount of anything
- An amount of anything.
- A piece of pizza, shaped like a sector of a circle
- A piece of pizza, shaped like a sector of a circle.
- A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling
- A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
- A broad, thin piece of plaster.
- A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
- A salver, platter, or tray.
- 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.
- One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
- A removable sliding bottom to a galley.
- A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw.
- A kind of cut shot where the bat makes an obtuse angle with the batter.
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Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices. Australia, New-Zealand, UK
- A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
- A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)
- 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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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