slicer

[ slahy-ser ]

noun

1. a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:

   a cheese slicer.

2. a person or thing that slices.

slicer

/ ˈslaɪsə /

noun

1. a machine that slices bread, etc, usually with an electrically driven band knife or circular knife
2. electronics a limiter having two boundary values, the portion of the signal between these values being passed on

Word History and Origins

Origin of slicer¹

First recorded in 1520–30; slice + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Todd has set up the brain slicer, a vibratome, under a lamp so bright after so much darkness that Kierk and Carmen shield their eyes with their free hands.

From Nautilus

Pizza slicer:  No matter what level of cook you are, you need a pizza cutter.

From The Daily Beast

Using a mandoline or other vegetable slicer, shave the fennel crosswise into 1/3-inch-thick slices.

From The Daily Beast

Take it up with a slicer, and neatly place it on a piece of toast.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a wagon stand in the time of Gillis, and Slicer did not take charge of it until business had ceased on the road.

From Project Gutenberg

"Surely," he began again, in more impetuous tones, and then looked round at the labourer who turned the slicer.

From Project Gutenberg

Cut the heads of cabbage into quarters and shred on a cabbage slicer, or cutter.

From Project Gutenberg

In my books, which happen to be the old books in this case, the accomplice is every bit as guilty as the man with the slicer.

From Project Gutenberg