slices and dices

Breaks food down

Slices and dices describes something that cuts, divides, or processes in multiple ways.

The phrase comes from infomercial pitches for kitchen gadgets: It slices and dices!

Now used broadly for anything that breaks down or manipulates data, arguments, or problems from various angles: This software slices and dices your sales figures any way you want.

Related

mince · knife skills · julienne · partition · categorize · compartmentalize · cube · fillet · parse · dissect · chiffonade · fine chop · stratify · carve · infomercial · shred · food processor · kitchen gadget

Opposites
physical integrity

slices and dicespreserves

Cooked fruit in sugar

reassembles · puts together · joins · fuses · melds

analytical approach

slices and dicessynthesizes

Combines elements into unified whole

generalizes · abstracts · integrates · unifies · glosses over

handling skill

slices and dicesfumbles

Handles clumsily, drops

bungles · botches · mangles · butchers · mishandles

Family

slice, sliced, slicer, slicing, dice, diced, dicer, dicing, dices

Familiarity
Top 50,000
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Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G