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vice

/vaɪs/noun1 syllable

Vice means: a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place.

Synonyms for vice8

noun, as in a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place

vise, bench vise

noun, as in moral weakness

frailty

also used for vice

profligacy, carrying-on, Corinthianism, knavery, rakehood

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What does vice mean?3

noun

1

a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place

2

moral weakness

3

a specific form of evildoing“vice offends the moral standards of the community”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with vice?18

two syllables

advicedevicepreciseconcisesufficeexciseentice
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Vice in a sentence

  • Male patients are sometimes reluctant to be examined by female doctors, and vice versa.CK
  • To heal the body you have to heal the spirit, and vice versa.Adelpa
  • Why do men behave like apes, and vice versa?Jesse
  • Data can be transmitted from the main computer to yours, and vice versa.CM
  • The president did not come, but sent the vice-president in his stead.unknown
  • Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.carlosalberto
  • A text could be coherent but not cohesive, and vice versa.Jesse
  • His wife hated his mistress, and vice versa.AlanF_US

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Forms of vice

as a noun

plural
vices