Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slicing

/slˈaɪsɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English

Syllables: slic-ing
IPA: /slˈaɪsɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The action of the verb to slice.

verb

present participle and gerund of slice

Example Sentences

"Working on a monumental scale the artist Gordon Matta-Clark, from whose work the gallery takes its name, similarly redefined architecture in the 1970s, using massive slicings and excisions to suggest, among other things, the instability of the concept of property and the ephemerality of what we call real estate."

Inflected Forms

slicings (plural)

Derived Forms

multislicing slicingly

Phrases

salami slicing silly slicing slicing cucumber slow slicing thin-slicing time-slicing top-slicing

Synonyms

slice fade

Rhymes With

pricing icing enticing splicing dicing spicing repricing mispricing reising leising

Questions

How do you pronounce slicing?: The recorded pronunciation is /slˈaɪsɪŋ/.
What does slicing mean?: The action of the verb to slice.

How to pronounce slicing

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