Food / A1

SLYS/slaɪs/

A slice is a thin piece cut from bread, cake, meat, or fruit: a slice of bread, a slice of cake. Piece is more general. Uncountable food takes a slice of: a slice of cheese, not a cheese. Slice is also a verb: slice the tomato. Countable as a noun.

Meaning

A thin piece cut from bread, cake, meat, or fruit.

Examples

• “Would you like a slice of cake?”
• “I had two slices of toast.”
• “Cut me a thin slice, please.”

Good to know

a slice of + uncountable food. Contrast: piece (general). Also verb: slice.

Near in meaning

piece

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