dice

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dice/dʌɪs/

▶noun (pl. same)

• 1 a small cube with faces bearing from one to six spots, used in games of chance. See also die2.

  ■ a game played with dice.

• 2 small cubes of food.

▶verb

• 1 (often as noun dicing) play or gamble with dice.

• 2 (often as adj. diced) cut (food) into small cubes.

– phrases
dice with death take serious risks.
no dice informal, chiefly N. Amer. used to refuse a request or indicate no chance of success.

– derivatives
dicer noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. des, pl. of de (see die2).

usage: Historically, dice is the plural of die, but in modern standard English dice is used as both the singular and the plural.