1. Verb
To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.
2. Verb
To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.
3. Verb
To bet, as with chips in the game of poker.
4. Verb
To break or fly off in small pieces.
5. Noun
A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.
6. Noun
A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.
7. Noun
Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
8. Noun
Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used contemptuously.
9. Noun
One of the counters used in poker and other games.
10. Noun
The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
11. Noun
electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
Vocabulary classified under Physics
12. Noun
a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
13. Noun
the act of chipping something
Vocabulary classified under Media and communication
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