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
slicer in American English
(ˈslaisər)
noun
1.
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, esp. food
a cheese slicer
2.
a person or thing that slices
Word origin
[1520–30; slice + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1520–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: lapse, monkey, pilot, ticket, trial-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)
Examples of 'slicer' in a sentence
slicer
A circular slicer isn't cheap - they start at around 40.
The Sun (2012)
She then used the money to film three products: a mandolin slicer, a flowerarranging kit and a hand-held car-washing device.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
You will also receive two free discs - a 6mm slicer and 6mm grating disc, worth 27.90.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Buy a stainless steel truffle slicer, which costs about 15, so you can cut very fine shavings.