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Definition of slice : 1. A broad, thin piece of plaster.
2. A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
3. 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.
4. A removable sliding bottom to galley.
5. A salver, platter, or tray.
6. A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.
7. One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
8. That which is thin and broad, like a slice.
9. To clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate bars of a furnace.
10. To cut into parts; to divide.
11. To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad piece from.
12. To hit ( the ball) so that the face of the club draws across the face of the ball and deflects it.

Synonyms:

opus, slit, cutting off, swing, deletion, collop, snub, spell, enter, stinger, slash, diagonal, wedge, slice up, slicing, firearm, fade, composition, slab, cold shoulder, patch, piece of music, gash, carve, virgule, small-arm, stroke, track, undercut, cutting, art object, assemble, excision, separatrix, disappearance, baseball swing, while, man, help, dissever, musical composition, solidus, objet d'art, cut of meat

allotment, quantum, chunk, quota, stipend, allocation, allowance, percentage, proportion, stake, lot, commission, piece, apportionment, assignment, dispensation

disengagement, separation, division, dissection, partition, disarticulation, alienation, dissociation, disassembly, amputation, disunity, cleavage, disassociation, bisection, incision, rent, segregation, detachment, fissure, disintegration, disconnection

deal, give, allot, portion, ration, measure, budget, earmark, set, allow, dispense, mete, segment, assign, parcel, share, apportion, allocate, distribute

numerator, section, third, quarter, denominator

disunite, halve, axe, separate, sunder, sever, disaffiliate, unfix, disengage, split, disintegrate, divorce, alienate, part, cut, dissect, dissociate, disarticulate, incise, cleave, excise, bisect, detach, amputate, disconnect, divide, break, pare, remove, unglue, fragment, segregate, dismantle, disassociate, rend, estrange, disassemble, scissor, uncouple, insulate, rip, unhinge, disjoin

fraction, compartment, member, helping, stock, sector, subdivide, subdivision, dividend, half, compartmentalize, zone, bit, interest, dismember

Usage examples:

• The other reason was to tell you I've had a wonderful slice of- hateful good luck." - "The Law-Breakers", Ridgwell Cullum.
• The first use Rodolphe made of this slice of Peru which had fallen into his pocket was not to pay his debts, inasmuch as he had sworn to himself to practice economy and go to no extra expense. - "Bohemians of the Latin Quarter", Henry Murger.
• If he had wanted a slice of Australia, and had been able to take and hold it, of what political use to him would have been a few maps, even with an eagle's picture on one of them? - "Terre Napoleon A history of French explorations and projects in Australia", Ernest Scott.