Slice

Meaning

Noun

●

That which is

and broad.

●

A

,

off.

●

An amount of anything.

●

A

of

,

like a

of a circle.

●

In British English:

A

with

filling.

●

A

,

of plaster.

●

A

with a

,

for

or

; also, a

for

anything, as

or ink.

●

A

,

, or tray.

●

A

of

with a

,

a

, or a

,

, and used for various

,

the

from a vessel's

, for

from a

, or for

a

of

; a

; a

; a

shovel.

●

One of the

by which the

and the

are

of the

building blocks

to

for launching.

●

In Printing:

A

to a galley.

●

In Golf:

A

that (for the

)

unintentionally

to the right. See

,

, draw.

●

In Australian English, British English & New Zealand English:

Any of a

of

or

made in a

and

into

slices.

●

In Medicine:

A

of

of an

using MRI (

magnetic resonance imaging

), CT (

computed tomography

), or various

of x-ray.

●

In Falconry:

A hawk's or falcon's

which

at an

. (See mute.)

●

In Programming:

A

of an array.

Verb

●

To

into slices.

●

To

with an

a

motion.

●

To

(e.g. a

, or the

of a

)

a

bar.

●

In Badminton:

To

the

with the

at an

,

it to

and downwards.

●

In Golf:

To

a

that

(travels from

to right for a

player).

●

In Rowing:

To

the

so that it

too

into the water when

to take a stroke.

●

In Football (soccer):

To

the

so that it

an

, at too great an

or too high.

●

In Tennis:

To

the

with a

that

a

,

in the

or

low after a bounce.

Adj

●

In Mathematics:

Having the

of a

knot.

Name

●

A surname.

Sourced from

Origin

slice

English

slice

Middle English (1100-1500)

Sourced from

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