Slice

What “Slice” means

Noun

1. That which is thin and broad.
2. A thin, broad piece cut off.
3. An amount of anything.
4. A piece of pizza, shaped like a sector of a circle.
5. A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.

Verb

1. To cut into slices.
2. To cut with an edge using a drawing motion.
3. To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.
4. To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
5. To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).

Adj

1. Having the properties of a slice knot.

Where the word comes from

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.

Business name ideas with “Slice”

Industries where “Slice” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Pizza Restaurant
• Limited-Service Restaurants