slice (of fish)

  • 51slice — 1 noun 1 (C) a flat piece of bread, meat etc cut from a larger piece: a slice of bread and butter | Cut the pork into thin slices. 2 (C) a part or share of something good: Everyone wanted a slice of the profits. 3 (C) a kitchen tool used for… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 52slice — sliceable, adj. slicingly, adv. /sluys/, n., v., sliced, slicing. n. 1. a thin, flat piece cut from something: a slice of bread. 2. a part, portion, or share: a slice of land. 3. any of various implements with a thin, broad blade or part, as for… …

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  • 53slice — I. verb (sliced; slicing) Etymology: Middle English sklicen, from Anglo French esclicer to splinter, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German slīzan to tear apart more at slit Date: 1551 transitive verb 1. to cut with or as if with a knife 2.… …

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  • 54slice — /slaɪs / (say sluys) noun 1. a thin, broad, flat piece cut from something: a slice of bread. 2. a part; portion. 3. any of various implements with a thin, broad blade or part, as for turning food in a frying pan, for serving fish at table, for… …

  • 55Fish as food — This page is about the use of fish as food; for other uses of the word, see Fish (disambiguation) Fish as food describes the edible parts of freshwater and saltwater dwelling, cold blooded vertebrates with gills. Shellfish, such as mollusks and… …

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  • 56fish — 1. n. & v. n. (pl. same or fishes) 1 a vertebrate cold blooded animal with gills and fins living wholly in water. 2 any animal living wholly in water, e.g. cuttlefish, shellfish, jellyfish. 3 the flesh of fish as food. 4 colloq. a person… …

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  • 57Fish — 1. n. & v. n. (pl. same or fishes) 1 a vertebrate cold blooded animal with gills and fins living wholly in water. 2 any animal living wholly in water, e.g. cuttlefish, shellfish, jellyfish. 3 the flesh of fish as food. 4 colloq. a person… …

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  • 58fish filet — noun a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish • Syn: ↑fillet, ↑filet, ↑fish fillet • Derivationally related forms: ↑filet (for: ↑filet), ↑fillet ( …

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  • 59fish fillet — noun a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish • Syn: ↑fillet, ↑filet, ↑fish filet • Derivationally related forms: ↑filet (for: ↑filet), ↑fillet ( …

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  • 60fish — noun 1 animal that lives and breathes in water ADJECTIVE ▪ freshwater, marine, saltwater, sea ▪ cold water, tropical ▪ aquarium ▪ …

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