Word Finder - chips

definition

A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.

definition

A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.

example

This cup has a chip in it.

definition

(games) A token used in place of cash.

definition

A sovereign (the coin).

definition

A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.

definition

A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical and/or biochemical devices.

definition

(especially in the plural) A fried strip of potato of square or rectangular cross-section; a french fry.

example

Do you want sauce or mayonnaise on your chips?

definition

(especially in the plural) A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, or sometimes another vegetable; a crisp.

definition

A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.

definition

A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.

definition

A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.

definition

(northern) A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.

definition

A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.

definition

A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.

definition

The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.

definition

Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.

definition

Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.

definition

A low shot that travels further along the ground than it does in the air.

definition

To chop or cut into small pieces.

example

The workers chipped the dead branches into mulch.

definition

To break small pieces from.

example

Be careful not to chip the paint.

definition

To play a shot hitting the ball predominantly upwards rather than forwards. In association football specifically, when the shot is a shot on goal, the opposing goalkeeper may be the direct object of the verb, rather than the ball.

definition

To upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.

definition

To become chipped.

example

This varnish chips easily.

definition

(often with "in") To ante (up).

definition

To fit (an animal) with a microchip.

definition

(often with "in") to contribute.

example

Everyone needs to chip in £1 for George's leaving collection

definition

(also, to chip at) To make fun of.

definition

A carpenter.

Throw on some chips and make a blaze.

First of all, check for cracks and chips.

He sold the house after his release so he's in the chips.

Numerous fragments of obsidian arrow-heads and chips are also found in and near them all over the island.

In Ireland and the west Highlands neolithic arrow-heads and flint chips are still fairy weapons.

The latter was the celebrated Labyrinth, which has been entirely quarried away, so that only banks of chips and a few blocks remain.

In the galleries are situated the cells, separated from one another by transverse partitions, which are formed of chips of wood, cemented by the saliva of the bee.

The finding of chips of "sarsens" and "blue stones" together "down to the bed of the rock" would seem to disprove the theory that the inner circle and inner horseshoe were built earlier than the rest of the monument.

Here, till far on into the 1 9 th century, the Englishmen could watch the natives striking off flakes of stone, trimming them to convenient shape for grasping them in the hand, and edging; them by taking off successive chips on one face only.

Chips and cuttings are ground up and mixed with india-rubber to form kamptulicon floor-cloth, or "cork-carpet."

But evidence bearing on the Stone age in Africa, if the latter existed apart from the localities mentioned, is so slight that little can be said save that from the available evidence the palaeoliths of the Nile valley alone can with any degree of certainty be assigned to a remote period of antiquity, and that the chips scattered over Mashonaland and the regions occupied within historic times by Bushmen are the most recent; since it has been shown that the stone flakes were used by the medieval Makalanga to engrave their hard pottery and the Bushmen were still using stone implements in the 10th century.

I watched a couple that were fast locked in each other's embraces, in a little sunny valley amid the chips, now at noonday prepared to fight till the sun went down, or life went out.

He was holding court with Fred O'Connor in the parlor, a plate of potato chips and a tuna salad sandwich on his ample lap.

Drawers of cedar or chips of the wood are now employed to protect furs and woollen stuffs from injury by moths.

Great as it was, it created no empire outside the Nile valley, and its most imposing monument, which according to the testimony of the ancients rivalled the pyramids, is now represented by a vast stratum of chips.

For road-mending flint, though very hard, is not regarded with favour, as it is brittle and pulverizes readily; binds badly, yielding a surface which breaks up with heavy traffic and in bad weather; and its fine sharp-edged chips do much damage to tires of motors and cycles.

The girl who cries when she chips a nail is going to fight vampires?

There are exceptions - some special purpose chips have kept up with the pace, graphics accelerators being the obvious example.

Who wants pie and chips and beer when you can have liver, fava beans and a nice Chianti?

R Davis, Stoke on Trent I am writing to congratulate you on the best ever potato chips in the whole wide world ever.

In-house sales are assured; chips are increasingly commonplace in the electronic devices the Japanese company produces.

There's an advert on TV in which a child is posed the conundrum, ' Do you love Daddy more, or chips?

Also available is high-altitude beef which is cooked at the table in a frying pan and served with chips and a mustard cream sauce.

All of our tables are run by professional croupiers using professional gaming chips.

All of our tables are custom built for us; we use professional quality chips and playing cards and we only employ experienced croupiers.

Many serve a range of dishes from a la Carte cuisine to fish and chips and ice cream.

Telesoftware was touted as a method of training the unemployed, through intelligent viewdata sets, to design microcomputers and 64K memory chips.

This new capability allows for measurement of sub-100 micron test pads in chips.

Steak and chips 1 grilled rump steak with 75g low-fat oven chips, grilled mushrooms and salad with fat-free dressing.

Pour into cake tin and then sprinkle on the chocolate chips and arrange the pecans on top.

Another interesting entry on the main menu is the T-bone steak, which came, of course, with boiled rice or chips.

It is manufactured from saw dust, wood chips, shaving or bark.

Quantum mechanics also provides the basis for technological innovations ranging from lasers to silicon chips.

In advance, make sure to check all baseboards and windowsills for peeling paint, as the chips may contain lead paint.

You and your friends could plan a wonderful Mexican fiesta complete with cheese dip, chips, enchiladas, burritos, Mexican rice, and more.

If you prefer, you could have a multi-course meal, beginning with an appetizer of chips, salsa, and guacamole and ending with a flan dessert.

Computer memory chips are actually small circuit boards that contain a group of memory chips available in 32-bit or 64-bit bus widths called a SIMM or Single In-Line Memory Module containing megabyte (MB) or gigabyte (GB) chips.

Older machines usually have MB chips and newer ones have larger GB chips installed.

With older models, the SIMM chips are easily accessed.

Beyond the amount of memory, check with your owner's manual to see the type of chip your machine needs and how many chips you'll need to install to increase memory capacity to the next level.

Computer memory chips are actually small circuit boards that contain a group of memory chips in 32-bit or 64-bit bus widths called a SIMM (Single In-Line Memory Module).

Older machines usually have megabyte chips and newer ones have larger gigabyte chips installed.

The windshield should be checked for any rock chips, cracks, pits, and the like.

Heavy gamer- Technology changes quickly in the gaming industry, and you will need a top of the line, cutting edge, latest 4D video graphics card and chips to get the best performance from today's and tomorrow's games.

Take home as many chips as you want and don't just hold them up to the wall.

Increased the size of their color chips.

The fish (cod, haddock, huss, plaice) is deep fried in flour batter and is eaten with chips.

Boston brownie (available cut in 12s & uncut) The ultimate fudge brownie - topped with chocolate chips.

Low-fat grilled beef burger in a bun and oven chips.

My daughter opted for a homemade burger and chips, served with a mango salsa sauce, also at £ 6.95.