dice

B1 · Intermediate Cooking

v. to cut food, like vegetables or meat, into very small square pieces.

v. to cut food into small, uniform cubes, typically smaller than a chop.

“You should dice the onions finely before adding them to the hot pan.”

“The recipe instructs the chef to dice the carrots into five-millimetre cubes to ensure they cook at the same rate as the peas.”

C1 · Advanced Uncountable noun Cooking Technical

n. food that has already been cut into small squares.

n. a quantity of food that has been processed into small cubes.

“Add the dice of ham to the salad for extra flavour.”

“The chef prepared a neat dice of root vegetables to be used as a garnish for the beef consommé.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate

v. to play games using dice, often for money.

v. to play or gamble using dice.

“They spent the evening dicing in the back room of the club.”

“The sailors were known for dicing away their wages before their ship had even left the harbour.”