[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dice.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / dice

[← D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/D/)

# dice

«dice» in Mova's school dictionary: **small cubes with dots from 1 to 6 on their sides, used in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (dice — plural of die; also used for one in everyday British English); verb (dice, diced — to cut into small cubes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Dice are small cubes with dots from 1 to 6 on their sides, used in games. A dice has 6 faces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#m1)

2) One is properly a die, two or more are dice, but many people say «a dice». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#m2)

3) To dice food is to cut it into small cubes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

maths: cubes with numbers 1 to 6; sums of rolls (2 to 12 with two dice), chances (each number 1 in 6), and faces; games: board games, rolling to move; cooking: dice the carrots

### examples

- She rolled two dice and got 4 and 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#x1)
- What is the biggest sum of two dice? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#x2)
- A dice has 6 faces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#x3)
- He rolled the dice 10 times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#x4)
- Roll the dice to start the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#x5)
- The chance of rolling a 6 is 1 in 6. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#x6)
- Dice the onion into small pieces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#x7)
- We played a dice game in maths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#x8)
- "An' what are you doing with that box and dice I see in your hand?" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#x9)

### note

Hidden numbers: faces show 1 to 6; the biggest sum of two dice is 12, the smallest 2. Trap: opposite faces of a usual die add up to 7. Each roll is new: a 6 is not «due» after many rolls.

### In the corpora

- [In a dice game luck decides, so there is nobody to blame when you lose.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/242-sharing-toys-and-board-games/6/)
- [Count and pack all pieces, cards and dice into the box after a game, so it can be played next time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/242-sharing-toys-and-board-games/16/)
- [Roll dice inside the box lid or a tray, so they do not get lost and nobody argues about the number.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/242-sharing-toys-and-board-games/20/)
- [Rolling dice inside a box lid or tray stops them getting lost and stops arguments about the number.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/302-toys-and-board-games/16/)
- [Dice was first the plural of "die"; today many people also say "a dice" for one.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dice» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.