noun / verb · neutral
slice
/slaɪs/SLICE
Band 5-6speakingtask1task2
a thin piece cut from something (noun); to cut into thin pieces (verb)
Examples
“She gave me a thin slice of cucumber for my sandwich.”
“Please slice the tomatoes for the salad.”
“He ate a slice of bread with jam.”
Band 8 sentence
“For the platter, the chef meticulously sliced the smoked salmon paper‑thin so each piece melted on the tongue.”
Collocations
- a thin slice of
- slice bread / slice the bread
- sliced tomatoes / sliced cheese
Word family
slice nounslice verbsliced adjective / past participleslices noun (plural)
Common mistakes
I sliced the bread into two parts.→I sliced the bread into two pieces.
Please slice the tomato thin.→Please slice the tomato thinly.
He cut a slice of cake.→He cut a piece of cake / He sliced the cake.
Say it for a higher band
5cut→6thinly cut→7+slice
Synonyms
cut
piece
Easily confused
cut
“She cut the cake into irregular pieces for the children.”
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