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Added 9 October 2026

slice

/slaɪs/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about slice at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A share of something.
a slice of the company's revenue
A serving that has been cut from a larger portion.
a piece of pie
A wound made by cutting.
he put a bandage over the cut

verb

Make a clean cut through.
slit her throat
Hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction.
Cut into slices.
Slice the salami, please

Origin

From Middle English sclise, sklise, from Old French esclice, esclis (“a piece split off”), deverbal of esclicer, esclicier (“to splinter, split up”), from Frankish *slitjan (“to split up”), from Proto-Germanic *slitjaną, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to split, tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyd- (“to rend, injure, crumble”). Akin to Old High German sliz, gisliz (“a tear, rip”), Old High German slīȥan (“to tear”), Old English slītan (“to split up”), modern French éclisse. More at slite, slit.

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