dice
part of speech
noun (dice — plural of die; also used for one in everyday British English); verb (dice, diced — to cut into small cubes)
meaning for a pupil
1) Dice are small cubes with dots from 1 to 6 on their sides, used in games. A dice has 6 faces. tree →
2) One is properly a die, two or more are dice, but many people say «a dice». tree →
3) To dice food is to cut it into small cubes. tree →
sense in the lessons
maths: cubes with numbers 1 to 6; sums of rolls (2 to 12 with two dice), chances (each number 1 in 6), and faces; games: board games, rolling to move; cooking: dice the carrots
examples
- She rolled two dice and got 4 and 5. tree →
- What is the biggest sum of two dice? tree →
- A dice has 6 faces. tree →
- He rolled the dice 10 times. tree →
- Roll the dice to start the game. tree →
- The chance of rolling a 6 is 1 in 6. tree →
- Dice the onion into small pieces. tree →
- We played a dice game in maths. tree →
- "An' what are you doing with that box and dice I see in your hand?" tree →
note
Hidden numbers: faces show 1 to 6; the biggest sum of two dice is 12, the smallest 2. Trap: opposite faces of a usual die add up to 7. Each roll is new: a 6 is not «due» after many rolls.
In the corpora
- In a dice game luck decides, so there is nobody to blame when you lose.
- Count and pack all pieces, cards and dice into the box after a game, so it can be played next time.
- Roll dice inside the box lid or a tray, so they do not get lost and nobody argues about the number.
- Rolling dice inside a box lid or tray stops them getting lost and stops arguments about the number.
- Dice was first the plural of "die"; today many people also say "a dice" for one.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «dice» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.