dicenoun [ C ]
uk/daɪs/us/daɪs/plural dicedice noun [ C ] (GAME)
C2 US also or old use die a small cube (= object with six equal square sides) with a different number of spots on each side, used in games involving chance:
We need two dice to play the game.
You roll/throw the dice and whoever gets the highest score goes first.
[ U ] any game involving chance in which dice are thrown:
Let's play dice.
More examples
- She was prepared to risk everything on a last throw of the dice.
- Roman soldiers often passed the time playing board games, with dice and counters like these ones.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Gambling & bookmaking
- ante
- bank
- banker
- bet
- bookmaker
- chip
- cockfight
- draw
- gamble
- gaming table
- grab bag
- heads or tails? idiom
- high roller
- juke joint
- lose
- lucky dip
- spin a coin idiom
- stake
- tombola
- toss
See more results »
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Miscellaneous games & activities
dice noun [ C ] (PIECE)
a small square piece of something:
Cut the potatoes into small dice.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Words meaning small pieces and amounts
- by a nose idiom
- chip
- clipping
- crumb
- dollop
- droplet
- flake
- germ
- jot
- nose
- pat
- patch
- pennyworth
- pinprick
- ray
- scattering
- scintilla
- shard
- shred
- trace
See more results »
Idiom(s)
no dice
diceverb
uk/daɪs/us/daɪs/dice verb (CUT)
C2 [ T ] to cut food into small squares:
Peel and dice the potatoes.
diced carrots
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Preparing food
- butter
- can't boil an egg idiom
- caramelize
- carve
- clarified
- cube
- fold
- knead
- leaven
- liquidize
- malt
- marinade
- prep
- salt
- slow food
- spice
- stuffed
- sweeten
- thicken
- thin
See more results »
dice verb (GAME)
dice with death
to do something extremely dangerous and silly:
You're dicing with death driving at that speed on icy roads.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Taking risks
- a drowning man will clutch at a straw idiom
- a leap in the dark idiom
- adventurer
- ante
- be skating on thin ice idiom
- dare
- expose
- go for broke idiom
- have/put your head on the block idiom
- hazard
- imperil
- jeopardize
- lay
- risk
- run the risk of doing sth idiom
- sail
- sail close to the wind idiom
- skate
- stick (sth) out
- stick your neck out idiom
See more results »