slices

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of slice.

   The cook arranged several slices of lemon around the dish.

   He stacked the cheese slices neatly between the bread.

   Note

   The plural carries every meaning of the singular: thin pieces of bread or lemon, wedges of pizza, broad thin pieces of plaster, and, in British use, a savory pastry snack sold as slices in its own right. When the material comes first, the word forms a compound (cheese slices, lemon slices). When the material follows, it needs of (slices of lemon).

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of slice.

   The chef slices the ham paper-thin for the sandwiches.

   A sharp blade slices through the rope with little effort.

   Note

   One form serves the whole verb, and the verb reaches well beyond the kitchen. A player slices a shot that curves left to right for a right-hander, or slices the shuttlecock sideways and down. A stoker slices a furnace grate clear with a slice bar. Every use takes an object, and the same spelling is also the plural noun: she slices the bread, not three slices.

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