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slicer

slicer

7 2.6
A tool that cuts food into thin slices like bread or cheese
  • noun
  • /ˈslaɪsər/
translation icon : rebanadora
  • The Key Food deli, in actuality, sells treif meats that are cut on the same slicer as the kosher meats.
  • meat slicer
  • cheese slicer
  • spiral slicer

So this next viewer's mum hack was that they love to use a grape slicer.

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Examples

  • This is an apple slicer and and it's perfect for cutting apples into wedges quickly for your kids.

    Emily Norris

  • She used the slicer to cut the loaf of bread into even pieces.

  • The girl cuts cheese on the slicer, her back to me.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • I'll be the best slicer of cheese in the whole of Jerusalem soon.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Earlier, we visited a shed that he rents to store his main pieces of equipment: a potato slicer and a bag sealer.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The chef demonstrated how to use the slicer to create thin slices of ham.

  • Using the electric slicer, he quickly prepared the turkey for sandwiches.

Synonyms

cutter
vsslicer
67 2.5

A tool used to cut materials like glass or dough

is specialized for thin food slicing rather than broad material cutting tasks
food processor
vsslicer
33 2.5

A kitchen machine with different blades that quickly cuts, mixes, or blends food

is a simple cutting tool focused on thin slices rather than many functions
cheese knife
vsslicer
1 1.5

A small tool with a thin blade for cutting cheese

is made to produce thin even slices rather than primarily reducing sticking
mandoline
vsslicer
1 6.2

A kitchen tool that cuts fruits and vegetables into very thin, even slices

is for slicing many food types including cheeses and meats, not only produce
cheese slicer
vsslicer
1 1.8

A tool with a flat blade for cutting thin, even slices of hard cheese

is used for many foods rather than only cheese slicing with that flat blade
cheese plane
vsslicer
2.8

A tool with a flat blade that makes thin even slices of semi-hard or hard cheese

is a general food slicing tool not limited to cheese or that flat tool
cheese cutter
vsslicer
2.0

A tool with a wire or blade that cuts cheese into slices

is used for many foods rather than this handled wire or blade design
meat cutter
vsslicer
  • Specialized
3.3

A machine or hand tool that slices meat into pieces

is for many foods and contexts, not mainly for shop or industrial cutting

Compounds

cheese slicer
1 1.8

A tool with a flat blade for cutting thin, even slices of hard cheese

How Automatic

slicer
7 2.6
mandoline
1 6.2
knife
  • NSFW
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

slicer singular
slicers plural

Morphology

slicer = slice (transparent) = slice + er

Formed by the productive agent/instrumentive suffix '-er' on 'slice', so the tool meaning is directly derived and easily guessable.

Etymology

Slicer comes from the word slice ('a thin piece cut from something') plus the ending -er ('one who does something'). So a slicer is literally something that makes thin pieces, which is why the kitchen tool cuts cheese, bread, or meat into slices.