slice
Having the properties of a slice knotHaving the properties of a slice knot.
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» Tom offered Mary a slice of cake.
Том запропонував Мері шматочок торту. — deniko
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1 senses(not comparable)Having the properties of a slice knot.
Examples
389 sentencesTom offered Mary a slice of cake.
Том запропонував Мері шматочок торту. — deniko
I ate the last slice of pizza.
Я з’їв останній шматочок піци. — Ahha
ruЯ съел последний кусок пиццы. — marafon
Get me a slice of pie, too.
Дай і мені мені шматок пирога. — deniko
Do you want a slice of cake?
Хочеш шматочок пирога? — deniko
ruХотите кусочек торта? — nina99nv
deWillst du ein Stück Kuchen? — list
Do you want a slice of pizza?
Хочеш шматочок піци? — deniko
ruХочешь кусочек пиццы? — marafon
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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Word family
1 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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.