slice

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♦ slice /sl'aɪs/ (slices slicing sliced)
1 [N-COUNT] usu with supp, oft N of n
A slice of bread, meat, fruit, or other food is a thin piece that has been cut from a larger piece.
Try to eat at least four slices of bread a day.
...water flavored with a slice of lemon.
2 [VERB] V n, V n into n
If you slice bread, meat, fruit, or other food, you cut it into thin pieces.
Helen sliced the cake...
Slice the steak into long thin slices.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
Slice up means the same as slice.
I sliced up an onion...
He began slicing the pie up.
3 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
You can use slice to refer to a part of a situation or activity.
Fiction takes up a large slice of the publishing market.
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see also sliced, fish slice
5
slice of the action: see actionfish slice (fish slices)
also fish-slice
[N-COUNT]
A fish slice is a kitchen tool which consists of a flat part with narrow holes in it attached to a handle. It is used for turning or serving fish or other food that is cooked in a frying pan. (BRIT; in AM, use spatula)slice up
see slice 2

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