cow chip
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9.6
- noun
- /kaʊ tʃɪp/
- NSFW
:
caca de vaca
- Luckily enough, the committee says they will have enough cow chips of good enough quality to hold the annual Cow Chip.
Examples
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The cow chip throw committee is rather discerning when it comes to its dung selection.
Blog text (13) -
The flames flickered, the chimney puffed out smoke, and she put two cow chips over the fire so it would burn more slowly, so its heat would last longer.
Fiction book (1996) -
In rural areas, many families used cow chips as fuel to keep warm during the winter months.
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During the festival, participants compete to see who can throw the farthest cow chip.
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At the campsite, they used cow chips to light a fire for cooking their meals.
Synonyms
17
9.9
A dried piece of cow dung used as fuel for fires
3
2.6
A solid waste that cows make and people use as fertilizer or fuel
2
8.2
A flat piece of cow poop left in a field
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8.0
A flat round pile of cow dung that lies on the ground
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5.1
A flat round pile of cow dung found in fields
How Dry
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a piece of dried dung from a cow' follows directly from combining 'cow' (an adult bovine) with 'chip' (a small piece/chunk) so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the compound meaning. This compositional pattern (cf. cowpat/cowpie in English and similar compounds in other languages) is predictable and therefore transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Cow chip The noun cow chip shows a clear image of a flat, dried piece of cow dung, like a small chip from a cow. People left these 'chips' to dry and used them for fuel or in games, so cow chip today means 'a piece of dried cow dung'.