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Slice

A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.

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Broader term 14

Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Helping 76% connected

of Help

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Hit 76% connected

It.

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Lesion 76% connected

A hurt; an injury.

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Percentage 76% connected

A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred.

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Piece 76% connected

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Portion 76% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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Serving 76% connected

of Serve

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Share 76% connected

The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.

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Spatula 76% connected

An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding prescriptions, et…

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Strike 76% connected

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

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Swing 76% connected

To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

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Wound 76% connected

of Wind

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Narrower term 6

Cutlet 76% connected

A piece of meat, especially of veal or mutton, cut for broiling.

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Escallop 76% connected

See Escalop.

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Fillet 76% connected

A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.

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Scallop 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially…

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Scollop 76% connected

See Scallop.

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Section 76% connected

The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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Derivationally related 10

Dent 74% connected

A stroke; a blow.

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Dent 74% connected

A stroke; a blow.

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Fade 74% connected

Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.

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Fade 74% connected

Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.

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Slicer 74% connected

One who, or that which, slices; specifically, the circular saw of the lapidary.

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Slicer 74% connected

One who, or that which, slices; specifically, the circular saw of the lapidary.

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Slicing 74% connected

of Slice

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Slicing 74% connected

of Slice

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Slit 74% connected

3d. pers. sing. pres. of Slide.

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Slit 74% connected

3d. pers. sing. pres. of Slide.

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Synonym 7

Cut 92% connected

of Cut

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Fade 92% connected

Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Gash 92% connected

To make a gash, or long, deep incision in; -- applied chiefly to incisions in flesh.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Piece 92% connected

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slash 92% connected

To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slicing 92% connected

of Slice

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slit 92% connected

3d. pers. sing. pres. of Slide.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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