chop (/tʃɒp/)
verb · Beginner · Food & Drink
🔊 /tʃɒp/
Meaning
Meaning: cut into pieces with a sharp tool
To cut something into pieces with quick, heavy strokes of a knife or axe. In cooking it usually means cutting food into small pieces.
Examples
🗣 Please chop the onions for the soup.
Etymology
From Middle English ‘choppen’, a variant of ‘chap’ (to cut).
How & Where It’s Used
Common cooking instruction; ‘chop up’ and ‘chop down’ are frequent.
Tags: cooking, prepare