chip
17
9.9
- noun
- /tʃɪp/
- US
:
torta de estiércol
- You punched holes the size of cow chips in a 20-year career.
Examples
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Farmers in rural areas often use dried cow dung chips as a practical fuel source for their fires.
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Most of the wood chips are given away to the general public and contractors.
Academic text (1996) -
Other Christmas tree recycling programs offer free wood chips once the trees are processed.
Academic text (1999) -
As a result, the cost of wood chips in Lithuania increased by 100 percent over one year.
Academic text (1996) -
Gather up the cedar chips and take them back to the house.
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High demand for such fuels will mean that all possible sources of wood chips will be exploited.
Academic text (1999) -
ASH takes charcoal from a dead fire and chips of dried cow dung.
Fiction book (1992) -
In some cultures, wood chips made from cattle dung are commonly used to heat homes during colder months.
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The village stores a large supply of chips, which are made from dried cow dung and are essential for cooking meals.
Synonyms
3
2.6
A solid waste that cows make and people use as fertilizer or fuel
1
9.6
A flat dried piece of cow dung that people burn as fuel or throw in games
1
9.9
A dried piece of buffalo dung used as fuel
1
5.1
A flat round pile of cow dung found in fields
Idioms
- Informal
7
4.4
A person who is very like one of their parents in looks or behaviour
- Informal
Strong anger or hurt about being treated unfairly in the past
Compounds
- Specialized
4
4.1
A share of a large, well-known company that is safe and pays steady dividends
- Specialized
3
3.7
A small, flat piece of material with tiny electronic parts that makes computers and phones work
- Specialized
1
6.1
A short low golf shot that makes the ball run along the ground toward the hole
- Specialized
1
4.4
An electronic device put in the brain that records and plays back a person's past events or feelings
- Specialized
1
4.4
A small electronic part inside a device that controls its actions and calculations
- Specialized
A small device with many tiny DNA pieces that tests many genes in a sample
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chip meaning a dried piece of cow dung used as fuel comes from the basic idea 'small piece'; in some places people called small dry lumps of fuel 'chips', so the word was used for these pieces.