chip
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9.9
- noun
- /tʃɪp/
- Archaic
:
pieza triangular de madera
- Last year, Kearney County conducted a similar pilot that looked at a variety of soil amendments, including shredded paper, hydromulch, compost, and wood chips.
Examples
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If there is excessive moisture in the feedstocks, amendments such as wood chips and sawdust are added.
Academic text (1998) -
The fibrous pulp was premixed with wood chips at a ratio of 1:1 by volume using a front-end loader.
Academic text (1997) -
Another product in the works is wood chip mulch.
Academic text (1995) -
She's the one who gave me the chips.
Fiction book (1991) -
The chip!
Blog text (26) -
And Chip screens everybody.
Fiction book (1999) -
The BSN is used as a bus controller and bus-switching chip.
Academic text (1997) -
Houses with slate roofs, wood chip, tar, and aluminum roofs, one after another, silent, dozing.
Fiction book (1998) -
We also found, among them, the basin, fragments of what appeared to be paint cans with paint adhering to the corroded metal, a coil of rope, and one more amazing and exciting artifact—a spare chip log.
Academic text (2011) -
The captain used a chip to measure the boat's speed while navigating through the dense fog.
Idioms
- Informal
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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
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4.1
A share of a large, well-known company that is safe and pays steady dividends
- Specialized
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3.7
A small, flat piece of material with tiny electronic parts that makes computers and phones work
- Specialized
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6.1
A short low golf shot that makes the ball run along the ground toward the hole
- Specialized
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4.4
An electronic device put in the brain that records and plays back a person's past events or feelings
- Specialized
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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 for the wooden float on a log line follows the same simple idea 'small piece' — sailors used a small wooden piece called a 'chip' at the end of the line to help measure the ship's speed.