CHOPPED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does chopped mean? 

• CHOPPED (adjective)
  The adjective CHOPPED has 1 sense:

1. prepared by cutting

  Familiarity information: CHOPPED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHOPPED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prepared by cutting

Synonyms:

chopped; shredded; sliced

Context example:

shredded cabbage

Similar:

cut (separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument)

 Context examples 

The Woodman set to work at once, and so sharp was his axe that the tree was soon chopped nearly through.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

So, with Spartan firmness, the young authoress laid her first-born on her table, and chopped it up as ruthlessly as any ogre.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I sawed and chopped and chiselled the weathered wood till it had the appearance of having been gnawed by some gigantic mouse.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"The East African Highland cooking banana is an excellent source of starch. It is harvested green then chopped and steamed," Professor Dale said.

(Golden Bananas High in Pro-Vitamin A Developed, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The dogs had stopped beside a water- hole, not a fissure, but a hole man-made, chopped laboriously with an axe through three and a half feet of ice.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

They measured the ME in different forms of almonds and the Atwater factors - traditionally, calorie values for foods are calculated using the Atwater system - overestimated the ME of whole raw, whole roasted, and chopped roasted almonds by 25 percent, 19 percent, and 17 percent, respectively.

(Going Nuts Over Calories, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Maria could stand it no longer, and hurried away to the stove, where she filled a quart-bowl with soup, putting into it the lion's share of chopped meat and vegetables which her ladle scraped from the bottom of the pot.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

When a big branch bent down to seize him the Woodman chopped at it so fiercely that he cut it in two.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

But the Woodman promptly chopped off the branch and set the little dog free.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

One of the big trees had been partly chopped through, and standing beside it, with an uplifted axe in his hands, was a man made entirely of tin.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)