CHOP


Meaning of CHOP in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ lamb , mutton ( esp. BrE ), pork , veal

▪ loin

pork loin ~s

VERB + CHOP

▪ eat , have

▪ braise , cook , fry , grill

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ finely

Add finely chopped parsley.

▪ coarsely , roughly

Roughly ~ the cabbage.

▪ up

I spent the day chopping up vegetables.

▪ down

The trees are being chopped down.

▪ off

He chopped off the small branches before cutting down the tree.

PREPOSITION

▪ into

Chop the meat into small cubes.

PHRASES

▪ ~ sth to pieces

The furniture had been chopped to pieces.

Chop is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ cabbage , ↑ carrot , ↑ celery , ↑ flesh , ↑ garlic , ↑ log , ↑ meat , ↑ mushroom , ↑ onion , ↑ parsley , ↑ pepper , ↑ potato , ↑ tomato , ↑ vegetables , ↑ wood

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