slice
That which is thin and broadThat which is thin and broad.
» Tom offered Mary a slice of cake.
Том запропонував Мері шматочок торту.
Meaning
17 sensesThat 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.
Scheibe
ломо́тьlomótʹ, ло́мтикlómtik, кусо́кkusók
ски́баskýba, ски́бкаskýbka, шмато́кšmatók
a thin flat piece cut off of some object
(colloquial)An amount of anything.
A piece of pizza, shaped like a sector of a circle.
кусокkusok
(UK)A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
I bought a ham and cheese slice at the service station.
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 spatula for spreading 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.
Slice
a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
Examples
389 sentencesTom offered Mary a slice of cake.
Том запропонував Мері шматочок торту.
I ate the last slice of pizza.
Я з’їв останній шматочок піци.
ruЯ съел последний кусок пиццы.
Get me a slice of pie, too.
Дай і мені мені шматок пирога.
Do you want a slice of cake?
Хочеш шматочок пирога?
ruХотите кусочек торта?
deWillst du ein Stück Kuchen?
Do you want a slice of pizza?
Хочеш шматочок піци?
ruХочешь кусочек пиццы?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English sclise, sklise, from Old French esclice, esclis (“a piece split off”),From Middle English sclise, sklise, from Old French esclice, esclis (“a piece split off”), deverbal of esclicer, esclicier (“to splinter, split up”), from Frankish *slitjan (“to split up”), from Proto-Germanic *slitjaną, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to split, tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyd- (“to rend, injure, crumble”). Akin to Old High German sliz, gisliz (“a tear, rip”), Old High German slīȥan (“to tear”), Old English slītan (“to split up”), modern French éclisse. More at slite, slit.
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Forms
plural: slicesSynonyms
31 synonymsWord family
29 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- slice of bread
- slice of pizza
- a slice of
- slice of pie
- another slice of
- last slice of
- couple of slices
- sliced the tomato
- the last slice
- put two slices
- two slices of
- one slice of