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dicer

1 6.3

A tool that cuts food into small cubes

noun
/ˈdaɪsər/

: cortador

This dicer makes preparing vegetables for stir-fry quick and easy.
slicer and dicer

Examples

Don't buy an expensive knife to learn knife skills; the $12 Rada Cutlery Chef's Dicer is perfectly designed for learning.

Blog text (32)
IT'S A DICER, GRATER, PEELER--ALL IN ONE.

The Truman Show (1998)
This is not really a nicer dicer, but it does dice nicely.
We slicer-dicers.

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012)
We slicer-dicers.

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012)
I used the dicer to cut the bell peppers into small cubes for the salad.
With the new dicer, you can chop onions without crying.

Synonyms

cuber

vsdicer

1 6.4

A person or machine that cuts food into cube-shaped pieces

is limited to a mechanical device used for cutting food into small cubes

How Automated

dicer

1 6.3

to knife

NSFW

1 5.5

Surface Forms

dicer singular

dicers plural

Morphology

dicer = dice (transparent) = dice + er

Standard instrument/agent noun formed from the verb 'dice' meaning 'to cut into cubes', so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Dicer comes from the word dice, the small cube used in games; a kitchen dicer cuts food into little cube pieces, so you can think of it as a tool that makes tiny 'dice' or 'small cubes'.