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slicing

slicing

2 1.9
Cutting food into thin pieces for eating or cooking
  • noun
  • /ˈslaɪsɪŋ/
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  • Now she's got Hoot slicing peppers, bok choy, and water chestnuts for stir fry in the kitchen.
  • slicing knife
  • slicing blade
  • easier slicing

What I brought to my last flight were slices of papaya, buckwheat.

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Examples

  • My Swiss Army knife will do for slicing and even mixing.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Chopping and/or slicing vegetables is a wonderful stress relief and a "wind down" after a hectic day!

    Blog text (34)
  • The idea for the spiral slicing process came to him in a dream.

  • You have to wear the onion slicing goggles ready to cut the onions.

  • Chopping, dicing, slicing, peeling, mixing, baking, and roasting all take time, and if you are your kitchen's lone soldier, try to give yourself as much prep time as possible.

    Blog text (9)
  • The chef demonstrated the proper slicing technique for the vegetables.

  • Slicing the bread into even pieces ensures that everyone gets a fair share.

  • After slicing the fruit, she arranged it beautifully on the platter.

Synonyms

cutting
vsslicing
70 2.7

Making an opening or removing part from something with a sharp tool

is specifically about creating thin pieces rather than many different actions
sectioning
vsslicing
  • Specialized
1 6.5

Cutting very thin slices of tissue to look at under a microscope

is the general action of making thin pieces from many materials

How Thin

shaving
  • Specialized
16 2.0
slicing
2 1.9

Surface Forms

slicing singular
slicings plural

Morphology

slicing = slice (transparent) = slice + ing

The noun is a standard gerund/nominalization of 'slice' and the meaning ('the act of cutting into thin pieces') is directly predictable from the base verb.

Etymology

Slicing comes from the verb slice, which means 'to cut' into thin pieces, like a slice of bread. So slicing is the act of cutting something into thin pieces.