Meaning

(uncountable) Gaming with one or more dice..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

Or think of a decent young citizen in a toga—perhaps too much dice, you know—coming out here in the train of some prefect, or tax-gatherer, or trader even, to mend his fortunes.

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.

I, at any rate, am convinced that He is not playing at dice.

The problem is that no one can throw a die twice in precisely the same way, and this is why dice is a game of chance and not a skill.

1980, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, “The Winner Takes It All”, Super Trouper, Polar Music The gods may throw a dice / Their minds as cold as ice

A white house set like a dice on a rock already venerable with the scars of wind and water.

When we see a dice, we see an object which has six sides, some of which can be seen from where we are, others can be seen if we twist it or move around it.

Cut onions, carrots and celery into medium dice.

Word Forms

• dice
• dices
• dicing
• diced

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When Should You Use Dice?

Use dice when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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