fish slice
noun
Simple meaning
A food turner with a broad blade used for turning or serving fish or other food that is cooked in a frying pan.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
fishslysSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈfɪʃsˈlaɪs
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
British
A food turner with a broad blade used for turning or serving fish or other food that is cooked in a frying pan
british
A kitchen utensil used to turn foodstuffs (commonly, burgers and omelettes) in a frying pan; a spatula.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: A food turner with a broad blade used for turning or serving fish or other food that is cooked in a frying pan
Used this way, fish slice is a word tied to one variety of English that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a food and cooking use: everyday in kitchens and recipes.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Regional
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Uncommon in everyday speech
Where it naturally appears
- Cooking/food
- Everyday conversation
Usage note
Mainly used in British English, so it may read as unusual elsewhere.
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