Thickness vs Slice - What's the difference?

Thickness is a related term of slice.

As nouns the difference between thickness and slice

is that thickness is (uncountable) the property of being thick (in dimension) while slice is that which is thin and broad.

As a verb slice is

to cut into slices.

thickness

English

Noun

(uncountable) The property of being thick (in dimension).

(uncountable) A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.

The thickness of the Earth's crust is varies from two to 70 kilometres.

(countable) A layer.

We upholstered the seat with three thicknesses of cloth to make it more comfortable to sit on.

(uncountable) The quality of being thick (in consistency).

Whip the cream until it reaches a good thickness .

(uncountable, informal) The property of being thick (slow to understand).

Synonyms

* (the property of being thick in dimension) fatness * (measure) depth * (layer) layer, stratum * (in consistency) density, viscosity * (property of being stupid) denseness, slowness, stupidity, thickheadedness

Antonyms

* (in consistency) fluidity, liquidity, runniness, thinness, wateriness * (property of being stupid) mental acuity, mental agility, quick-wittedness, sharpness

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slice

English

Noun

(en noun)

That which is thin and broad.

A thin, broad piece cut off.

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

amount

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A piece of pizza.

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For breakfast, lunch, or dinner, the best Guido meal is a slice and a Coke.

(British) A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.

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

A broad, thin piece of plaster.

A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.

A salver, platter, or tray.

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.

One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.

(printing) A removable sliding bottom to a galley.

(golf) A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw

(Australia, NZ) A class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.

(medicine) A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.

(falconry) A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)

Derived terms

* hyperslice

Verb

(slic)

To cut into slices.

Slice the cheese thinly.

To cut with an edge utilizing a drawing motion.

The knife left sliced his arm.

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

(soccer)

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To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.

Derived terms

* sliceable

External links

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