| chip | | |
| n. (object) | 1. bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap | a small fragment of something broken off from the whole.; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" |
| ~ fragment | a piece broken off or cut off of something else.; "a fragment of rock" |
| ~ matchwood | fragments of wood.; "it was smashed into matchwood" |
| ~ exfoliation, scurf, scale | a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin. |
| ~ scurf | (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts. |
| ~ sliver, splinter | a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal.; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. chip | a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line. |
| ~ sailing, seafaring, navigation | the work of a sailor. |
| ~ float | something that floats on the surface of water. |
| n. (object) | 3. buffalo chip, chip, cow chip, cow dung | a piece of dried bovine dung. |
| ~ droppings, dung, muck | fecal matter of animals. |
| n. (food) | 4. chip, crisp, potato chip, saratoga chip | a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat. |
| ~ snack food | food for light meals or for eating between meals. |
| n. (attribute) | 5. check, chip | a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something. |
| ~ blemish, mar, defect | a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body).; "a facial blemish" |
| n. (artifact) | 6. chip, poker chip | a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling. |
| ~ blue chip | a blue poker chip with the highest value. |
| ~ counter | game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. chip, micro chip, microchip, microprocessor chip, silicon chip | electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit. |
| ~ biochip | a microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time; intended for use in a biological environment. |
| ~ computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically. |
| ~ dna chip, gene chip | a microchip that holds DNA probes that form half of the DNA double helix and can recognize DNA from samples being tested. |
| ~ integrated circuit, microcircuit | a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor; a whole system rather than a single component. |
| ~ memory chip | a RAM microchip that can be plugged into a computer to provide additional memory. |
| ~ microprocessor | integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system.; "a microprocessor functions as the central processing unit of a microcomputer"; "a disk drive contains a microprocessor to handle the internal functions of the drive" |
| ~ semiconductor device, semiconductor unit, semiconductor | a conductor made with semiconducting material. |
| n. (act) | 8. chip, chip shot | (golf) a low running approach shot. |
| ~ golf, golf game | a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes. |
| ~ approach shot, approach | a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green.; "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green" |
| n. (act) | 9. chip, chipping, splintering | the act of chipping something. |
| ~ breaking, breakage, break | the act of breaking something.; "the breakage was unavoidable" |
| v. (contact) | 10. break away, break off, chip, chip off, come off | break off (a piece from a whole).; "Her tooth chipped" |
| ~ flake off, peel, flake, peel off | come off in flakes or thin small pieces.; "The paint in my house is peeling off" |
| ~ exfoliate | come off in a very thin piece. |
| ~ divide, part, separate | come apart.; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" |
| v. (contact) | 11. chip, nick | cut a nick into. |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| v. (contact) | 12. chip | play a chip shot. |
| ~ golf, golf game | a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes. |
| ~ shoot | throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective.; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball" |
| v. (contact) | 13. chip | form by chipping.; "They chipped their names in the stone" |
| ~ shape, mould, mold, form, forge, work | make something, usually for a specific function.; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword" |
| v. (contact) | 14. break off, chip, cut off, knap | break a small piece off from.; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| fragment | | |
| n. (object) | 1. fragment | a piece broken off or cut off of something else.; "a fragment of rock" |
| ~ chip, fleck, scrap, bit, flake | a small fragment of something broken off from the whole.; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" |
| ~ brickbat | a fragment of brick used as a weapon. |
| ~ cinder, clinker | a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire. |
| ~ clast | (geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock. |
| ~ ember, coal | a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering. |
| ~ filing | a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file. |
| ~ paring, shaving, sliver | a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something. |
| ~ part, piece | a portion of a natural object.; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" |
| ~ restriction fragment | the fragment of DNA that is produced by cleaving DNA with a restriction enzyme. |
| ~ scraping | (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected.; "they collected blood scrapings for analysis" |
| ~ spall, spawl | a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge.; "a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls" |
| ~ spark | a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. fragment, shard, sherd | a broken piece of a brittle artifact. |
| ~ piece | a separate part of a whole.; "an important piece of the evidence" |
| ~ potsherd | a shard of pottery. |
| n. (communication) | 3. fragment | an incomplete piece.; "fragments of a play" |
| ~ piece | an artistic or literary composition.; "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests" |
| ~ snatch, bit | a small fragment.; "overheard snatches of their conversation" |
| v. (change) | 4. break up, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize | break or cause to break into pieces.; "The plate fragmented" |
| ~ atomise, atomize | break up into small particles.; "the fine powder had been atomized by air" |
| ~ comminute, bray, mash, crunch, grind | reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading.; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" |
| ~ pound | break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle.; "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone" |
| ~ come apart, break, fall apart, split up, separate | become separated into pieces or fragments.; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" |
| ~ sunder | break apart or in two, using violence. |
| ~ sliver, splinter | break up into splinters or slivers.; "The wood splintered" |
| ~ rag | break into lumps before sorting.; "rag ore" |
| ~ crumb | break into crumbs. |
| ~ brecciate | break into breccia.; "brecciate rock" |
| ~ crush | break into small pieces.; "The car crushed the toy" |
| ~ grind, grate | make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together.; "grate one's teeth in anger" |
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