a slice of bread

  • 91crust — [[t]krʌst[/t]] n. 1) coo the brown, hard outer surface of a loaf of bread 2) coo a slice of bread from the end of the loaf 3) a piece of stale bread 4) coo the pastry containing the filling of a pie or other dish 5) any hard external covering or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 92Hot hamburger plate — A hot hamburger plate is a dish from the southeastern United States. It consists of a slice of bread (usually white) with a hamburger patty placed on top. This is then covered in french fries and then brown (beef) gravy. Cheese is sometimes… …

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  • 93open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice. [1945 50] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 94cut — cut1 [ kʌt ] (past tense and past participle cut) verb *** ▸ 1 use knife/sharp tool ▸ 2 have ability to cut ▸ 3 injure part of body ▸ 4 reduce/lower ▸ 5 on computer ▸ 6 stop something moving/working ▸ 7 make something shorter ▸ 8 divide playing… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 95trench — [14] A trench is etymologically something ‘cut’ or ‘sliced’. The word was borrowed from Old French trenche ‘slice, cutting, ditch’, a derivative of trenchier ‘cut’ (from which English gets trenchant [14]). And this in turn went back to Latin… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 96thick — [[t]θɪ̱k[/t]] ♦♦♦ thicker, thickest 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is thick has a large distance between its two opposite sides. For breakfast I had a thick slice of bread and syrup... He wore glasses with thick rims... This material is very thick… …

    English dictionary

  • 97cut — 1 /kVt/ verb past tense and past participle cut present participle cutting 1 DIVIDE WITH KNIFE ETC (T) to divide something into two or more pieces using a sharp tool such as a knife: Do you want me to cut the cake? | The thieves had cut the phone …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 98cut — I UK [kʌt] / US verb Word forms cut : present tense I/you/we/they cut he/she/it cuts present participle cutting past tense cut past participle cut *** 1) [transitive] to use a knife, pair of scissors, or other sharp tool to divide something into… …

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  • 99skive — I. /skaɪv/ (say skuyv) verb (t) (skived, skiving) to split or cut (leather, etc.) into layers or slices; shave (hides, etc.). {Middle English schīve slice (of bread), from Old Norse skīfa (verb, noun) slice} II. /skaɪv/ (say skuyv) phrase (skived …

  • 100trench — [14] A trench is etymologically something ‘cut’ or ‘sliced’. The word was borrowed from Old French trenche ‘slice, cutting, ditch’, a derivative of trenchier ‘cut’ (from which English gets trenchant [14]). And this in turn went back to Latin… …

    Word origins