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DICE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

dice; die

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dice" is a kind of...):

cube; square block (a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dice"):

five; five-spot (a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips)

four; four-spot (a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips)

one-spot (a domino or die whose upward face shows one pip)

six; six-spot (a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips)

Derivation:

dice (play dice)

dice (cut into cubes)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Play dice

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "dice" is one way to...):

gamble (play games for money)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cut into cubes

Example:

cube the cheese

Synonyms:

cube; dice

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "dice" is one way to...):

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs dice the vegetables

Derivation:

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

dicer (a mechanical device used for dicing food)

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