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slice

4 8.6

A flat thin tool used for spreading paint or ink

noun
/slaɪs/

Specialized

: espátula

He expertly maneuvered the slice to create smooth lines in his artwork.

Examples

And then we're gonna make a slice in it.

Stronger (2017)
Alright, now, l just have to give it one little slice to free it up, and then, um...

Hard Candy (2005)
The apartment building itself is gray and drab, the paint peeling, the thin slice of uncut grass out front waving in the wind.

Fiction book (1994)
A slice is essential for applying even layers of paint to the canvas.
Using a slice allows for precise spreading of ink in printmaking.

Idioms

a little slice of Mayberry

9.9

A peaceful small-town feeling with friendly neighbors like in old TV shows

no matter how thin you slice it

Informal

8.4

A fact stays true whatever way you look at it

Compounds

last slice

1 1.0

The final piece of food that remains when others are gone

fish slice

2.8

A wide flat kitchen tool for lifting, turning and serving fish or other foods

slice bar

Archaic

9.9

A heavy iron bar used to loosen and remove hard burned material from a furnace

Surface Forms

slice singular

slices plural

Etymology

In art, a slice can be the flat, thin tool used to spread or smooth ink and paint because it looks and acts like a thin piece or blade, similar to a food slice. The tool's shape and use explain why it took the same name.