I.
noun
1 ( BrE ) ( usually chips ) long thin piece of fried potato, eaten hot ⇨ See also ↑ fry
ADJECTIVE
▪ greasy
▪ frozen , oven-ready
… OF CHIPS
▪ bag , plate
VERB + CHIP
▪ eat , have
▪
All he'll eat is ~s.
▪ live on
▪
I never cook anything grand—we live on ~s and baked beans.
▪ cook , fry
CHIP + NOUN
▪ pan
▪ shop
PHRASES
▪ and ~s , with ~s
▪
fish and ~s
2 ( usually chips ) ( AmE ) thin round slice of fried potato, etc., dried and eaten cold ⇨ See also ↑ crisp
ADJECTIVE
▪ potato , tortilla ( BrE , AmE )
… OF CHIPS
▪ bag
PHRASES
▪ ~s and dip , ~s and salsa
3 microchip
ADJECTIVE
▪ computer , silicon
▪ graphics , memory , microprocessor
▪ embedded , integrated
VERB + CHIP
▪ make , manufacture , produce
▪ design , develop
▪ implant , install
▪
An electronic ~ could be implanted in his brain.
▪ use
▪
This notebook uses a ~ designed for mobile computing.
CHIP + VERB
▪ contain sth
▪
a ~ containing the coding devices
▪ run
▪
The computer has an integrated graphics ~ running at 333 MHz.
CHIP + NOUN
▪ design , technology
▪ set
▪
a Pentium-compatible ~ set
PREPOSITION
▪ on a/the ~
▪
Advances in technology have made it possible to pack even more circuits on a ~.
PHRASES
▪ ~ and PIN ( BrE )
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ 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
Chip is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ ball , ↑ bone