Dice Common

Dice has 7 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Proper Noun

Definitions

Noun

a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers

"They rolled the dice and hoped their lucky number would appear on top."

die dice

Gaming with one or more dice.

"The gambler rolled three dice on the table to determine his next move."

plural of die

In plain English: Dice are small cubes with dots on each side that you roll to decide what happens next in a game.

"He cut up the chicken into small pieces and added them to the soup along with some carrots, celery, and onion dice."

Verb

cut into cubes

"cube the cheese"

cube dice

play dice

"The children gathered around to play dice after dinner."

dice

To play dice.

"We gathered around the table to play dice late into the night."

Proper Noun

A surname.

"Professor Dice published his groundbreaking research on quantum mechanics last week."

Example Sentences

"He cut up the chicken into small pieces and added them to the soup along with some carrots, celery, and onion dice." noun

"We rolled the dice to decide who would go first in the board game." noun

"The box of colorful dice sat on top of the poker table waiting for players." noun

"He shook the empty dice cup before revealing his lucky number." noun

Origin

The word "dice" comes from Middle English, where it was originally the plural form of "die." Its current spelling reflects how the word was pronounced as a collective group rather than strictly as a plural.

Rhyming Words

ice pice sice vice hice mice lice fice rice nice tice bice deice juice twice frice price spice brice amice

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