chopped

1.0

Cut into small pieces, often for cooking

adjective
/tʃɑpt/

: picado

Szechuan peppercorns, extra firm tofu pressed and or dried, chopped into small cubes.

Szechuan peppercorns, extra firm tofu pressed and or dried, chopped into small cubes.

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Examples

For the salad, she added some chopped cucumbers and tomatoes.
But I did need some kidney beans, some chopped tomatoes, some chickpeas.
And then I have some chopped green onions.
OK, this next one is a chopped chocolate cookie.
And then we need some coriander chopped as well to add in.
Next we're going to pop in a whole can of chunky chopped tomatoes.
Hummus, both sticks and some chopped up grapes.
We'll be able to unveil the creamy chopped salad.
The Chopped Pork and Mustard Slaw pictured is his own.

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So meatball, mystery meat, rye bread, potato salad, chopped onions, some green garnishes.

Synonyms

shredded

vschopped

1 2.7

Cut or torn into thin strips for use in food

is cut into small irregular pieces rather than thin strips

sliced

vschopped

1.0

Cut into thin, flat pieces for food, like cheese or bread

is prepared as small irregular pieces rather than thin flat pieces

Antonyms

whole

∞ 1.0

Complete and not broken or divided

uncut

1 3.1

Not having any cuts or open wounds

Compounds

chopped steak

1 2.2

A flat piece of ground beef that is cooked and served as a main dish

How Fine

powdered

9 1.4

mince

5 1.8

to dice

36 1.8

chopped

1.0

chunky

17 3.5

Surface Forms

chopped positive

Morphology

chopped = chop (transparent) = chop + ed

The adjective 'chopped' is clearly derived from the verb 'chop' with the addition of the past participle suffix '-ed'.

Etymology

Chopped comes from the word chop, which means a quick, strong cutting movement with a knife. So chopped means 'cut into small pieces', like the result of many quick chop moves in the kitchen.