Synonyms for slice
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : slahys |
| Phonetic Transcription : slaɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for slice Other synonyms for the word slice
Définition of slice
Origin :- c.1300, "a fragment," from Old French escliz "splinter, fragment" (Modern French éclisse), a back-formation from esclicier "to splinter, shatter, smash," from Frankish *slitan "to split" or some other Germanic source (cf. Old High German slihhan; see slit (v.)). Meaning "piece cut from something" emerged early 15c. Meaning "a slicing stroke" (in golf, tennis) is recorded from 1886. Slice of life (1895) translates French tranche de la vie, a term from French Naturalist literature.
- noun piece; share
- verb cut into portions, shares
- Come, man, you must be as hungry as a hawk—a slice of the beef?
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- In carving a round of beef, slice it horizontally and very thin.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- When they are quite tender all through, take them out, and drain and slice them.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- Peel, slice them, and fry them brown in butter or nice dripping.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- Quarter the cabbage lengthways, and then slice it crossways.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- Pare the pine-apple, slice it very thin, and mince it small.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- A slice of light through the chink stood across the passage.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- Oh, a slice of bread and just what the parents leave for them.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- You say you are promised your share in the new deal, but it is not as big a slice as what you have now.
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- I would at any time prefer a slice off the fillet of a buffalo to any pheasant.
- Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
Antonyms for slice
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