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Slice

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

/slaɪs/verbCore term

In culinary arts & cooking, slice means: To cut something into thin, flat pieces. As a noun, a slice is one of these pieces, such as a slice of bread or lemon.

In Turkish: dilimlemek, dilim

How it is used

Used for bread, meat, cheese, fruit and vegetables. Chefs specify thickness: thinly sliced, sliced into rounds, sliced on the bias (at an angle). Meat is often sliced against the grain to make it tender.

Example sentences

  1. Slice the beef against the grain, about half a centimetre thick.

  2. Put two slices of lemon on each fish plate.

Common collocations

  • thinly slice
  • slice against the grain
  • slice on the bias
  • a slice of
  • sliced into rounds
  • chopTo cut food into pieces with a knife, usually quickly and without needing every piece to be exactly the same size.
  • diceTo cut food into small, even cubes. As a noun, dice also means the cubes themselves, as in a fine dice of carrot.
  • chef's knifeA large all-purpose kitchen knife with a broad, slightly curved blade, usually 20 to 25 cm long, used for most chopping, slicing and dicing.
  • julienneA classic knife cut of thin, even strips like matchsticks, about 2–3 mm thick and 5 cm long. Also used as a verb: to julienne carrots.

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