ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Dice

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /daɪs/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Dice is a noun meaning (uncountable) Gaming with one or more dice.

Meaning

(uncountable) Gaming with one or more dice.

More Meanings

  1. (countable, proscribed by some) A die.
  2. (uncountable, formerly countable, cooking) That which has been diced.
  3. plural of die
  4. (intransitive) To play dice.
  5. (transitive) To cut into small cubes.
  6. (transitive) To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.

Example Sentences

Cut onions, carrots and celery into medium dice.
I, at any rate, am convinced that He is not playing at dice.
A white house set like a dice on a rock already venerable with the scars of wind and water.
On the other hand, evolution is not a matter of chance, even in the sense in which a game of dice is a game of chance.

Word Forms

Synonyms for dice

Depending on context, synonyms include astragals, die, cube.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cube, craps, issue, success, question, luck.

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