chip

  • 61chip — 1 /tSIp/ noun (C) 1 MARK a small hole or mark on a plate, cup etc where a piece has broken off (+ in): There s a chip in this plate. 2 PIECE a small piece of wood, stone, metal etc that has broken off something: Wood chips covered the floor of… …

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  • 62chip — I. /tʃɪp / (say chip) noun 1. a small piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking. 2. a very thin slice or piece of food, etc.: chocolate chips. 3. Also, potato chip. a. a deep fried finger of potato. b. a thin slice of potato …

  • 63CHIP — Der Ausdruck Chip (engl. „Splitter, Span, Scherbe“) bezeichnet in der Mikroelektronik einen Integrierten Schaltkreis in der Computertechnik insbesondere einen Mikroprozessor oder einen Speicherchip den Annäherungsschlag aus kurzer Distanz zum… …

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  • 64chip — n. thin slice (AE) 1) a potato chip (BE has crisp) semiconductor body 2) an integrated circuit; silicon chip misc. 3) a bargaining chip ( smt. that can be used to win concessions ); a chip off the old block ( a child who resembles its parent );… …

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  • 65chip — {{11}}chip (n.) O.E. cipp piece of wood, perhaps from PIE root *keipo sharp post (Cf. Du. kip small strip of wood, O.H.G. kipfa wagon pole, O.N. keppr stick, L. cippus post, stake, beam; the Germanic words perhaps borrowed from Latin). Meaning… …

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  • 66chip*/*/ — [tʃɪp] noun [C] I 1) British a long thin piece of potato cooked in hot oil fish and chips[/ex] 2) a very small piece of SILICON that is marked with electronic connections. It is used in computers and other machines Syn: microchip, silicon chip 3) …

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  • 67chip — I. noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old English cippian Date: 14th century 1. a. a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off b. a small piece of food: as (1) a small thin slice of food; especially… …

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  • 68chip — noun 1》 a small, thin piece removed in the course of chopping, cutting, or breaking a hard material.     ↘a blemish left by the removal of a chip.     ↘Brit. wood or woody fibre split into thin strips and used for weaving hats or baskets. 2》 Brit …

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  • 69chip — n. & v. n. 1 a small piece removed by or in the course of chopping, cutting, or breaking, esp. from hard material such as wood or stone. 2 the place where such a chip has been made. 3 a (usu. in pl.) a strip of potato, deep fried. b (in pl.) US… …

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  • 70chip in — verb contribute to some cause I gave at the office • Syn: ↑contribute, ↑give, ↑kick in • Derivationally related forms: ↑giving (for: ↑give), ↑ …

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