chips

Pluralchips

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of chip. Use this form when you mean more than one chip.

   She poured the chips into a big bowl for the party.

   Small chips of glass were scattered across the floor.

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2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular present of chip. Use it after he, she, or it.

   He chips the old paint off the fence every spring.

   She chips ice from the steps so no one slips.

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3. 3
   nounslang

   A casual name for a carpenter, a worker who builds and fixes things made of wood.

   The chips built us a new set of shelves last week.

   We asked the chips to repair the broken garden gate.

   Similarcarpenter, joiner, woodworker

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