[slʌɪs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a thin, broad piece of food, such as bread, meat, or cake, cut from a larger portion
(e.g: four slices of bread)

- a utensil with a broad, flat blade for lifting foods such as cake and fish

- a stroke that makes the ball curve away to the right (for a left-handed player, the left), typically inadvertently


Phrases:
- a slice of life
- any way you slice it
- slice and dice

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘fragment, splinter’): shortening of Old French esclice ‘splinter’, from the verb esclicier, of Germanic origin; related to German schleissen ‘to slice’, also to slit

[slʌɪs], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cut (something, especially food) into slices
(e.g: slice the onion into rings)

- strike (the ball) or play (a stroke) so that the ball curves away to the right (for a left-handed player, the left)
(e.g: Duval sliced his ball into the water to the right of the green)


Phrases:
- a slice of life
- any way you slice it
- slice and dice

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘fragment, splinter’): shortening of Old French esclice ‘splinter’, from the verb esclicier, of Germanic origin; related to German schleissen ‘to slice’, also to slit