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- pronunciation:
- chIp
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- chip in, chip off the old block, chip on one's shoulder, in the chips
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a small piece broken, cut, or chopped off of a hard material.
a chip of diamond
- synonyms:
- fragment, shard
- similar words:
- flake, piece, shaving, sliver, splinter
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| definition 2: |
a dent or flaw caused by breaking off a small piece.
The rim of the plate has a chip.- synonyms:
- nick, snick
- similar words:
- crack, fault, flaw, imperfection, score, scotch, scratch
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| definition 3: |
a very thin slice of food that has been baked or fried until crisp.
banana chipspotato chips
- similar words:
- bit, crumb, flake, morsel, shaving, slice, sliver
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| definition 4: |
one of the small, plastic or ivory tokens used to represent money in poker and other gambling games.
- synonyms:
- token
- similar words:
- bet, stake, wager
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| definition 5: |
in electronics, a microchip.
- synonyms:
- microchip
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| definition 6: |
(chiefly British) a long, thin piece of potato that is deep-fried; French fry.
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| related words: |
break, dent, fraction, fragment, nick, token |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
chips, chipping, chipped |
| definition 1: |
to lose a fragment from the surface or edge of.
He chipped a fingernail. |
| definition 2: |
to cut or gouge out (small pieces).
She chipped bits of wood from the log. |
| definition 3: |
to make or form by gouging out or cutting.
He chipped his initials in the tree. |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to lose fragments from the edge or surface.
This china chips easily.- similar words:
- break, crumble, flake
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| related words: |
chop, dent, nick, notch, pit, score, shorten |
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| phrase: |
chip in, chip off the old block, chip on one's shoulder, in the chips |
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