dice
dice Lexical Profile
dice Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Small cubes, typically with faces bearing one to six spots, used in games of chance or board games to generate random numbers.
"She rolled the dice and moved her token five spaces across the board."
Any of various games of chance played with such cubes.
"The men stayed up late drinking ale and playing dice."
Small, uniform cubes of food resulting from being cut.
"Add the dice of potatoes to the stew and let it simmer until tender."
• verb
To cut (food, especially vegetables or meat) into small, uniform cubes.
"The chef demonstrated how to dice an onion quickly and safely."
To play or gamble with dice.
"The sailors would often dice for their wages during the long, idle stretches of the voyage."
Word Nuance & Usage
Historically, 'die' is the strict singular form and 'dice' is the plural, but in modern standard English, 'dice' is widely accepted as both the singular and plural form.
• Rhymes for dice
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English 'dis', the plural of 'die', borrowed from Old French 'de' (plural 'dez'), which ultimately derives from Latin 'datum' meaning 'something given or played'.
Usage Trend
Historical frequency of usage in published text.