Word: Chip
How to pronounce: ʧɪp
Noun
Definitions:
1. A small piece of something removed in the course of chopping, cutting, or breaking a hard material such as wood or stone.
Example sentences: "Mulch the shrubs with cedar chips"
2. A thin slice of food (typically potato) made crisp by being fried, baked, or dried and eaten as a snack.
Example sentences: "A bag of chips"
3. A tiny wafer of semiconducting material used to make an integrated circuit; a microchip.
Example sentences: "You find semiconductors at the heart of microprocessor chips as well as transistors."
4. A counter used in certain gambling games to represent money.
Example sentences: "A poker chip"
5. (in soccer, golf, and other sports) a short lofted kick or shot.
Example sentences: "He made no mistake with a chip and a par putt from four feet to seal victory"
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Cut or break (a small piece) from a hard material.
Example sentences: "We had to chip ice off the upper deck"
2. (in golf, soccer, and other sports) kick or strike (a ball or shot) to produce a short lobbed shot or pass.
Example sentences: "He chipped a superb shot"
Synonyms:
chips
potato chip
crisp
coin
flake
sliver
splint
spall
splinter
scrap
microcircuit
microcircuit chip
microchip
micro chip
integrated circuit
microprocessor chip
ic
fries
french fries
jack
break off
Derivations:
chipped
chipping
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Chip in Other Languages...
Spanish: Chip
German: Chip
French: Puce
Italian: Chip
Turkish: çip
