- a block of metal with a special shape, or with a pattern cut into it, that is used for shaping other pieces of metal such as coins, or for making patterns on paper or leather
- (especially North American English) (also dice British and North American English)(plural dice)a small cube of wood, plastic, etc., with a different number of spots on each of its sides, used in games of chance
Word Originnoun Middle English: from Old French de, from Latin datum ‘something given or played’, neuter past participle of dare.
Idioms
See die in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarythe die is cast
- (saying) used to say that an event has happened or a decision has been made that cannot be changed
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