- A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a
slice of cheese; a slice of bread. - That which is thin and broad, like a slice. - A broad, thin piece of plaster. - A salver, platter, or tray. - A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving
fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink. - 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 galley. - To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad
piece from. - To cut into parts; to divide. - To clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate
bars of a furnace.
Meaning of 'slice' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . slice
[ n]
Meaning (1): - a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
Example in sentence:
a piece of pie;
a slice of bread
Meaning (2): - a share of something
Example in sentence:
a slice of the company's revenue
Meaning (3): - a wound made by cutting
Example in sentence:
he put a bandage over the cut
Meaning (4): - a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer