# chips

Pronunciation: say "CHIPS" /t͡ʃɪps/

## Noun

1. Plural of chip. — plural of chip
   - Simple: Plural of chip. Use this form when you mean more than one chip.
   - _The workshop floor was covered in wood chips by the end of the day._
   - _Modern phones pack several chips onto a single circuit board._
3. A carpenter, used as a familiar or slang nickname for the tradesman who works with wood. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A casual name for a carpenter, a worker who builds and fixes things made of wood.
   - _Down at the yard, the chips fashioned a new mast from seasoned oak._
   - _When the porch sagged badly, the foreman sent the chips over to shore it up._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of chip. — third-person singular simple present indicative of chip
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of chip. Use it after he, she, or it.
   - _The sculptor chips small fragments from the marble block with each careful strike._
   - _Frost chips away at the stone facade over many winters._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/chips (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).