- chip
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 (BrE) (usually chips) long thin piece of fried potato, eaten hot ⇨ See also ↑fryADJECTIVE▪ greasy▪ frozen, oven-ready… OF CHIPS▪ bag, plateVERB + CHIP▪ eat, have▪
All he'll eat is chips.
▪ live on▪I never cook anything grand—we live on chips and baked beans.
▪ cook, fryCHIP + NOUN▪ pan▪ shopPHRASES▪ and chips, with chips▪fish and chips
2 (usually chips) (AmE) thin round slice of fried potato, etc., dried and eaten cold ⇨ See also ↑crispADJECTIVE▪ potato, tortilla (BrE, AmE)… OF CHIPS▪ bagPHRASES▪ chips and dip, chips and salsa3 microchipADJECTIVE▪ computer, silicon▪ graphics, memory, microprocessor▪ embedded, integratedVERB + CHIP▪ make, manufacture, produce▪ design, develop▪ implant, install▪An electronic chip could be implanted in his brain.
▪ use▪This notebook uses a chip designed for mobile computing.
CHIP + VERB▪ contain sth▪a chip containing the coding devices
▪ run▪The computer has an integrated graphics chip running at 333 MHz.
CHIP + NOUN▪ design, technology▪ set▪a Pentium-compatible chip set
PREPOSITION▪ on a/the chip▪Advances in technology have made it possible to pack even more circuits on a chip.
PHRASES▪ chip and PIN (BrE){{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbADVERB▪ badly▪She fell and chipped her tooth badly.
▪ away▪He was chipping away at the stone.
▪They chipped away at the power of the government. (figurative)
PREPOSITION▪ off▪We chipped the paint off the wood.
Chip is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑paint
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
