anti-chip

adjective

Resistant to chipping (breaking into small pieces).

OriginEnglish chip ← Middle English chippe ← Old English ċipp →
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Meanings

adjective

alternative antichip

  1. Resistant to chipping (breaking into small pieces).

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Germanic*kippōną
  8. Proto-West Germanic*kippōn
  9. Old English*ċippian
  10. Old Englishċipp
  11. Middle Englishchippe
  12. Englishchip
  13. Englishanti-chip

From anti- + chip.

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APA

anti-chip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-chip

MLA

“anti-chip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-chip. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anti-chip,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-chip.

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