A door that opens and closes by sliding to the side; sometimes one of a pair.

A special sheet of plastic used to transfer patients in hospital from beds to trolleys and vice versa, or to reposition them in the bed.

An analog calculator consisting of three interlocking strips marked with logarithmic scales, such that multiplication, division etc. can be performed by the equivalent of addition and subtraction.

(soccer) a tackle to get the ball by sliding on the ground feet-first

To leave a place, a meeting, etc., without being noticed; to slip away, slip off. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slide, off.

plural of slide-butt

(West Country, obsolete) A horse- or ox-drawn cart, with runners instead of wheels, used for carrying dung.

A microscope slide used as a cover slip

Dated form of slide rule.

plural of sliding-rule