slice
/slaɪs/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I pulled in hand over hand on the cord, and when I judged myself near enough, rose at infinite risk to about half my height and thus commanded the roof and a slice of the interior of the cabin."
- "a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread"
- "Jim was munching on a slice of toast."
- "Blackpool, chasing a seventh win in 17 league matches, simply could not contain Sunderland's rampant attack and had to resort to a combination of last-ditch defending, fine goalkeeping and a large slice of fortune."
- "For breakfast, lunch, or dinner, the best Guido meal is a slice and a Coke."
- "I bought a ham and cheese slice at the service station."
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: sclise, esclice, *slitjan, *slitjaną, *slītaną, *sleyd-