OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 8665

chip

/t͡ʃʰɪp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
astilla • cepa • desconchado • fragmento • mella • portillo
A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
This cup has a chip in it.
ficha
A token used in place of cash.
If the second player does raise three chips, and all the other players drop, the player who opened may stay in by putting three more chips in the pot, for then he will have put in…
chip • microchip
A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate; a microchip.
1986 September 1, Tom Moran, Lisa L. Spiegelman, New Chip Said to Contain Seven PC AT Chip Functions, InfoWorld, page 5, But sources close to the company said the chip contains two…
chip
A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, a crisp; occasionally a similar fried slice of another vegetable or dried fruit.
They made their own potato chips from scratch... He ate a tortilla chip with guac... served with a side of apple chips...
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 8666

chip

/t͡ʃʰɪp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
astillar
To chop or cut into small pieces.
Once it [a snowdrop variety] became established, some bulbs were lifted and passed on to be chipped (i.e. cut into small pieces and grown on).
The workers chipped the dead branches into mulch.
desconchar • desportillar • mellar
To break small pieces from.
Be careful not to chip the paint.
desconcharse • desportillarse
To become chipped.
This varnish chips easily.