Word Meanings - SLICE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

esclichier, to break to pieces, of German origin; cf. OHG. slizan to 1. A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread. 2. That which is thin and broad, like a slice. Specifically: A broad, thin piece of

Additional info about word: SLICE

esclichier, to break to pieces, of German origin; cf. OHG. slizan to 1. A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread. 2. That which is thin and broad, like a slice. Specifically: A broad, thin piece of plaster. A salver, platter, or tray. A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink. A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel. One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching. A removable sliding bottom to galley. Slice bar, a kind of fire iron resembling a poker, with a broad, flat end, for stirring a fire of coals, and clearing it and the grate bars from clinkers, ashes, etc.; a slice.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SLICE)

• Lump
• Mass
• hunk
• hunch
• slice

Related words: (words related to SLICE)

• HUNCHBACK
  A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person.
• HUNCH
  1. A hump; a protuberance. 2. A lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread. 3. A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
• SLICER
  One who, or that which, slices; specifically, the circular saw of the lapidary.
• HUNCHBACKED
  Having a humped back.
• SLICE
  esclichier, to break to pieces, of German origin; cf. OHG. slizan to 1. A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread. 2. That which is thin and broad, like a slice. Specifically: A broad, thin piece of
• CREAM-SLICE
  A wooden knife with a long thin blade, used in handling cream or ice cream.