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The unsung hero turning whole things into manageable, beautiful, occasionally finger-threatening pieces.

means A tool, machine, or person that cuts something into slices — thin, even pieces ready for serving or use.

from From the verb 'slice' plus the agent suffix '-er' ('one that does'). 'Slice' arrived in Middle English from Old French 'esclice,' a splinter or chip split off, tied to the verb 'esclicier,' to splinter or shatter — itself borrowed from a Germanic root meaning to split (a cousin of the same family that gives us 'slit'). So a slicer is, quite literally, a maker of split-off pieces.

3D printing
Slicer software converts models into printer-readable layer instructions
deli champion
Commercial slicers shave meat thinner than human hair
golf nemesis
A slicer is anyone whose ball curves wildly rightward
mandoline danger
Hand slicers cause thousands of ER visits yearly
for instance

tornado slicer — vegetable mandoline that won a shark tank deal in 2014

vittoria 3d slicer — 3d printer software used by prusa research since 2012

oster counterproofing slicer — commercial meat slicer widely used in delis and butcher shops across north america

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