Index of English words, starting with "ch"

(1) - Chintz (n.) Cotton cloth, printed with flowers and other devices, in a number of different colors, and often glazed.

(1) - Chip (n.) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
(2) - Chip (n.) One of the counters used in poker and other games.
(3) - Chip (n.) Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used contemptuously.
(4) - Chip (n.) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
(5) - Chip (n.) A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.
(6) - Chip (n.) A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.
(7) - Chip (v. i.) To break or fly off in small pieces.
(8) - Chip (v. t.) To bet, as with chips in the game of poker.
(9) - Chip (v. t.) To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.
(10) - Chip (v. t.) To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.

(1) - Chipmunk (n.) A squirrel-like animal of the genus Tamias, sometimes called the striped squirrel, chipping squirrel, ground squirrel, hackee. The common species of the United States is the Tamias striatus.