Etymology

Noun

1. That which is thin and broad.
2. A thin, broad piece cut off.

   a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread

3. A piece of pizza.

   I'll have a slice, please.

4. A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.

   I bought a ham and cheese slice at the service station.

5. A broad, thin piece of plaster.
6. A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
7. A salver, platter, or tray.
8. A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
9. One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
10. A removable sliding bottom to galley.
11. A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw
12. A class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
13. A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.

Verb

1. To cut into slices.

   Slice the cheese thinly.

2. To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).