slice
/slaɪs/ noun A2- That which is thin and broad.
- A thin, broad piece cut off. · a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread· Jim was munching on a slice of toast.
- An amount of anything.
- A piece of pizza, shaped like a sector of a circle.
- 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.
Plural slices
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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He brought with him several slices of meat in order to pacify the Housedog, so that he would not alarm his master by barking.
An apple and a slice of cake;'--
Perhaps a slice of wedding-cake,
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