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• plural of die.

dice

American  

[dahys] / daɪs /

plural noun

• die
  singular

1. small cubes of plastic, ivory, bone, or wood, marked on each side with one to six spots, usually used in pairs in games of chance or in gambling.

2. poker dice.

3. any of various games, especially gambling games, played by shaking and throwing from two to six dice or poker dice onto a flat surface.

4. any small cubes.

5. Auto Racing. a jockeying for lead position between two or more drivers in which tactics are used to pass or keep from being passed.

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verb (used with object)

• dices,
  present (3rd person singular)
• diced,
  past participle,  past
• dicing
  present participle

1. to cut into small cubes.

2. to decorate with cubelike figures.

3. to lose by gambling with dice (often followed byaway ).

verb (used without object)

• dices,
  present (3rd person singular)
• diced,
  past participle,  past
• dicing
  present participle

1. to play at dice.

2. to cause or bring about by gambling with dice.

3. Auto Racing. to duel with another car or cars in a dice.

idioms

1. no dice, of no use or help; ineffective.

dice British  

/ daɪs /

plural noun

1. cubes of wood, plastic, etc, each of whose sides has a different number of spots (1 to 6), used in games of chance and in gambling to give random numbers

2. Also called: die.  (functioning as singular) one of these cubes

3. small cubes as of vegetables, chopped meat, etc

4. slang an expression of refusal or rejection

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verb

1. to cut (food, etc) into small cubes

2. (intr) to gamble with or play at a game involving dice

3. (intr) to take a chance or risk (esp in the phrase dice with death )

4. informal (tr) to abandon or reject

5. (tr) to decorate or mark with dicelike shapes

dice More Idioms  

1. see load the dice; no deal (dice).

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Usage

Plural word for dice Dice is the plural form of the singular noun die, referring to a small cube of plastic, ivory, or other material, marked on each side with one to six spots. The more standard English plural form dies is used for other senses of the word die but not for the small cube. Dice derives directly from this irregular noun’s original pluralization in Middle English. Dice is sometimes treated as both a singular and plural form of die. The singular die is less commonly used.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• dicer
  noun

Inflected Forms

Participles

• dicing
  present
• diced
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• dice
  simple
• dices
  simple
• have diced
  perfect
• has diced
  perfect
• am dicing
  progressive
• are dicing
  progressive
• is dicing
  progressive
• have been dicing
  perfect progressive
• has been dicing
  perfect progressive

Past

• diced
  simple
• had diced
  perfect
• was dicing
  progressive
• were dicing
  progressive
• had been dicing
  perfect progressive

Future

• will dice
  simple
• will have diced
  perfect
• will be dicing
  progressive
• will have been dicing
  perfect progressive

Etymology

Origin of dice

1300–50; Middle English dees, dis, dyce (singular and plural), dyces (plural) < Old French de(i)z, dés (plural); see die ²

Explanation

Dice are what you roll when you're playing Yahtzee or Monopoly; they are two cubes marked with dots on each side that represent the numbers one through six. The noun dice is the plural form of the singular die. Although many people use the word dice when they're talking about a single die, it's actually only correct to call two or more of the dotted cubes dice. You can also use the word as a verb to mean "chop into tiny pieces or cubes." You might, for example, read a recipe instruction that says: "Dice three tomatoes."

Example Sentences

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For people willing to roll the dice on a mystery vacation, flexibility is key.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Choosing to take Social Security at 62 versus 70 is a roll of the dice.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

And this time the roll of the dice didn’t work, with Turkey getting its only win of the tournament on its last touch of the World Cup.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Russell's references to luck refer to a series of situations where the dice have very much fallen in Antonelli's favour.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

Those pink dice were still on the rearview mirror, too.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

He joked, “They’re waiting for me to die to get the down marker.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Midwife Marzia recounted watching a 45-year-old mother of six die in front of her after she travelled to the clinic from a remote district.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Frequent stair climbers were 39% less likely to die from heart-related causes and 24% less likely to die from any cause compared with people who climbed stairs less often.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

"There were people who came here wanting to die," Song told AFP in northern Seoul's Mia village.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

He did find that some people had skin cells that changed color spontaneously, but those were an indication of illness, or conditions like vitiligo, an autoimmune disorder where healthy melanin cells die or stop working.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

As an adult, you realize more and more how money slices and dices us into First Class and Priority, the not you’s and the not yets, the zip codes and carets.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2024

Best of all, Baldessari’s question slices and dices received wisdom with rapier wit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2020

At Wellesley College, Dr. Angela Carpenter teaches the foundation of language creation, which she dices into roughly six blocks: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, grammatical rules of verbs, and nouns and what they indicate.

From The Verge ● Feb. 7, 2020

As a Duke product working under Cutcliffe with connections to the Manning brothers, Jones often gets labeled as a cerebral signal-caller who dices defenses up mentally.

From Reuters ● Apr. 22, 2019

“No, I know that smile. It is a cruel queen who dices with men’s hearts. Humble merchants like myself are no more than stones beneath your jeweled sandals.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Myka’s fro-yo is served with toppings like extra-virgin olive oil, diced figs, Maldon salt and a hazelnut cream mixed with the crunch of kataifi, an ingredient made famous by Dubai chocolate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Serve it with warm corn tortillas, diced onion, cilantro and a flavorful salsa, and you have the makings of an outdoor taco night that largely takes care of itself.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

Stuff the grilled meat into charcoal-toasted pita with salata na’ameh—a finely diced Palestinian salad with tomatoes, cucumbers, onion and herbs—plus hummus, baba ganoush and/or toum, and you’ve got a handheld feast.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

They ask for tuba compuesta, or “composed,” with muddled red berries and diced apple, giving it an inviting pinkish color.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

The exhausted army of his enemies, who had diced the night before, now spent the hours of darkness sleepless again, standing to arms or in their councils.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The slicing and dicing of available tables can mean there are only so many seats at the most sought-after establishments, begetting a sense of scarcity at the highest levels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

On the way loans were being made by private credit, Mr Bailey said there was starting to be "what used to be called sort of slicing and dicing and tranching of loan structures".

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2025

As Winslow explained — dicing chicken, browning andouille sausage, saving the shrimp for last, so it doesn’t overcook — Harris punctuated his narration with a series of small interjections.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2024

This slicing and dicing of responsibility and accountability has not only failed to manage the space—it has affirmatively made matters worse, and it threatens to continue doing so if we don’t fix it.

From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2023

The excitement in the room is palpable as Noah and Dad continue chopping and dicing.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson