Meaning
A long thin piece of potato cooked in hot oil. Americans call these fries.
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Word origin
From Middle English chippen, to cut into small pieces; the fried potato sense is British and about two hundred years old.
- Origin
- Middle English
- Root
- chippen
Examples
chips .
In Britain chips are hot pieces of cooked potato.
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A chip can also be a small piece broken off something.
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A computer chip is a small part that makes a machine work.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 19, lesson 7: chip, telephone, loser and 7 more words.