How to pronounce slide
American English pronunciation
SLYDE
- IPA
- /ˈslaɪd/
- Syllables
- SLYDE (1 syllable)
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What slide means
Most people know slide in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A small glass plate that holds things for a microscope
In a sentence: We put a drop of pond water on the slide and looked at it under the microscope.
Where it comes from: It comes from an Old English word, slidan, meaning to slide or slip. It is the same word as the slide at a park.
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