I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dice potatoes (= cut them into small square pieces )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
play
▪
He found Zacco lightly intoxicated, and playing dice for high stakes among a circle of friends.
▪
Richard and I used to play with the dice at school.
▪
He drove right, and then, playing his last dice , hit his second into the bunker.
▪
They whiled away the time, Ranulf playing dice against himself, the only time he ever lost.
roll
▪
If you roll a misfire when you roll the first dice the cannon has literally misfired and may explode.
▪
But Dole had little choice but to roll the dice in a way that surprised even the most astute political observers.
▪
Now roll the artillery dice again.
▪
I envy them for getting to roll the dice .
▪
The Staff of Volans has a limited supply of magic energy. Roll a dice after each spell is cast.
▪
Mark the point where the cannon ball strikes the ground and roll the Artillery dice to establish the bounce distance.
▪
Align Helblaster on target and measure range. 2. Roll the artillery dice for each barrel you wish to fire.
▪
To determine how far the ball bounces roll the Artillery dice again and mark the spot where the ball comes to land.
throw
▪
They would go to a hospital where they would throw a dice .
▪
In Arabia they throw the dice in the other direction.
▪
It's got to be better than throwing the dice and then having amnio and maybe aborting.
▪
I shook it loosely and quickly and threw the dice .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
loaded dice
the dice/odds are loaded against sb/sth
throw dice/a six/a four etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
Cut the potatoes into ½" dice .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
But Dole had little choice but to roll the dice in a way that surprised even the most astute political observers.
▪
Cut cornbread into 1 / 2 inch dice to measure 7 cups; set aside.
▪
I thought the room was a dice .
▪
If you roll a misfire when you roll the first dice the cannon has literally misfired and may explode.
▪
Roll the artillery dice for each shot.
▪
Use a scatter dice to determine which direction he moves in.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
finely
▪
Deseed the peppers, dice finely and place in a bowl.
▪
Discard stems and finely dice caps.
■ NOUN
death
▪
But every day hundreds of ordinary workers dice with death to complete these essential tasks.
▪
Towing drivers are dicing with death , too.
▪
And some have diced with death to make Bond look good.
pepper
▪
Creamy Bakes - cream cheese, hardboiled egg, chives and diced red pepper mixed with mayonnaise. 4.
▪
Waistliner - combine cottage cheese, diced red pepper and sweetcorn. 7.
■ VERB
slice
▪
Mostly chopping and cutting, slicing and dicing .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
loaded dice
the dice/odds are loaded against sb/sth
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
Dice the potatoes and cook them in salted water.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
And some have diced with death to make Bond look good.
▪
He was struggling with an anger so black it made him tremble as he diced the eggs for potato salad.