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# slice

«slice» in Mova's school dictionary: **a thin flat piece cut from something like bread, cake…** — 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 (slice, slices); verb (slice, slices, sliced, slicing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A slice is a thin flat piece cut from something like bread, cake, meat or pizza. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slice/#m1)

2) To slice is to cut something into such pieces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slice/#m2)

3) A slice of something is a part or share of it: «a slice of the money». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slice/#m3)

4) In sport, to slice a ball is to hit it so it spins and curves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slice/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

equal pieces of a whole; used for fractions and sharing; slices per pizza or loaf is a rate; in cooking and safety: slice with care, use a board, keep fingers away from the blade, ask an adult for sharp knives; phrases: «a slice of bread», «slice up», «the best thing since sliced bread» (a great new idea)

### examples

- The cake was cut into 8 slices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slice/#x1)
- Each child ate 2 slices of pizza. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slice/#x2)
- A loaf has 20 slices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slice/#x3)
- She sliced the apple into 4 pieces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slice/#x4)
- Can I have a slice of toast? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slice/#x5)
- Use a chopping board when you slice vegetables. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slice/#x6)
- One slice of the 8 is one eighth of the cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slice/#x7)
- He thinks his new game is the best thing since sliced bread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slice/#x8)
- He stood watching the big bear cutting thin slices of meat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slice/#x9)

### note

Pieces of a whole: slices per whole × wholes = all slices; slices eaten out of all slices is a fraction. Trap: cutting into 4 slices needs 3 cuts, not 4 (for a long loaf cut across). Trap: a round cake cut through the middle: 4 cuts give 8 slices.

### In the corpora

- [The slice of toast on your plate started as a grass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread/0/)
- [In late summer the beekeeper slices the wax caps off heavy frames and spins the honey out in a drum called an extractor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year/6/)
- [Home, indeed!» — then turns his back and eats a large slice of cold pie.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/67-willows-ch11-part3-badger-and-mole-come-home/7/)
- [Suck a slice of lemon and your whole face screws up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/15-acids-in-the-kitchen/0/)
- [They trap the gas, so the dough swells, and every hole in a slice of bread is where a bubble once was.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/21-bread-rising-yeast-at-work/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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