sliced

1.0

Cut into thin, flat pieces for food, like cheese or bread

adjective
/slaɪst/

: en rebanadas

The charcuterie board featured an assortment of sliced meats and cheeses.

And then I'll dredge the thin sliced organ meat in the egg.

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Examples

So I've got some kind of thinly sliced red chilies.
So when I was at Target, I saw these pre sliced tofu cubes.
And then I'll dredge the thin sliced organ meat in the egg.

Tom Bilyeu
Nice slab of Finley sliced cheese, which is nice.
Some sesame seeds, sliced fresh garlic, green onion sugar.
Coronation chicken, olive breads of course, as sliced cucumber and cream cheese, which I highly recommend.
I love toasted pepitas and a little coriander as well and some sliced jalapeno.
The recipe ingredients bread, mayonnaise, mustard, sliced ham, sliced Turkey, Swiss cheese, egg, milk.
She served the sandwich with layers of neatly sliced turkey and lettuce.
I prefer my tomatoes sliced for salads rather than diced.

Antonyms

whole

∞ 1.0

Complete and not broken or divided

Idioms

the greatest thing since sliced bread

Informal

1 6.9

A very useful new thing that people say is great

How Thin

paper-thin

8 3.9

sliced

1.0

unsliced

1 2.1

Surface Forms

sliced positive

Morphology

sliced = slice (transparent) = slice + ed

Formed from the verb 'slice' + the past-participle/adjectival suffix '-ed'; the meaning 'cut into thin pieces' is directly predictable.

Etymology

The word sliced comes from the verb slice, which long ago meant 'to cut off a piece' and is like the common word slit, a thin cut you know. So sliced means 'cut into thin, flat pieces', especially for food.