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# dice

noun (dice — plural of die; also used for one in everyday British English); verb (dice, diced — to cut into small cubes)

«dice» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Dice are small cubes with dots from 1 to 6 on their sides, used in games. A dice has 6 faces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#m1)
2. One is properly a die, two or more are dice, but many people say «a dice». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#m2)
3. To dice food is to cut it into small cubes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#x1)
- What is the biggest sum of two dice? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#x2)
- A dice has 6 faces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#x3)
- He rolled the dice 10 times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#x4)
- Roll the dice to start the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#x5)
- The chance of rolling a 6 is 1 in 6. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#x6)
- Dice the onion into small pieces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#x7)
- We played a dice game in maths. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#x8)
- "An' what are you doing with that box and dice I see in your hand?" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/#x9)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dice» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dice/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dice» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dice.html) on Mova free.