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Meanings of Chino:

noun

A cotton twill fabric, typically khaki-coloured.

Usage examples:

The hat is enzyme bio-washed chino twill with silicone softeners, low profile, six panels with sewn…

combining form

Equivalent to sino-.

Meanings of Chinoiserie:

noun

A decorative style in western art, furniture, and architecture, especially in the 18th century, characterized by the use of chinese motifs and techniques.

Usage examples:

Hand-painted chinoiserie wallpaper

Meanings of Chinologist:

noun

An expert on, or specialist in the study of, chinese language, history, and culture.

Meanings of Chinook:

noun

A warm dry wind which blows down the east side of the rocky mountains at the end of winter.

Usage examples:

In alberta, canada, those complaints revolve around chinooks, the warm winds that sweep the area du…

adjective

Relating to the chinook or their language.

Usage examples:

Even lewis and clark, returning through the cascades in 1806, stopped at a nearly deserted chinook …

Meanings of Chinooks:

noun

A warm dry wind which blows down the east side of the rocky mountains at the end of winter.

Usage examples:

In alberta, canada, those complaints revolve around chinooks, the warm winds that sweep the area du…

adjective

Relating to the chinook or their language.

Usage examples:

Even lewis and clark, returning through the cascades in 1806, stopped at a nearly deserted chinook …

Meanings of Chinos:

noun

A cotton twill fabric, typically khaki-coloured.

Usage examples:

The hat is enzyme bio-washed chino twill with silicone softeners, low profile, six panels with sewn…

plural noun

Cotton pants, often of a pale color

Meanings of Chinquapin:

noun

A north american chestnut tree.

Usage examples:

They're also checking related species - chestnuts, beeches, and chinquapins - as well as rhododendr…

Meanings of Chins:

noun

The protruding part of the face below the mouth, formed by the apex of the lower jaw.

Usage examples:

Grey stubble covered his cheeks and chin

verb

Hit or punch (someone) on the chin.

Usage examples:

He looked about ready to chin someone

adjective

Relating to the chin or their language.

Usage examples:

But, by the grace of god, the first chin converts were registered as christians by carson in 1904, …

Meanings of Chintz:

noun

Printed multicoloured cotton fabric with a glazed finish, used for curtains and upholstery.

Usage examples:

Floral chintz curtains

Meanings of Chintzes:

noun

Printed multicoloured cotton fabric with a glazed finish, used for curtains and upholstery.

Usage examples:

Floral chintz curtains

Meanings of Chintzier:

adjective

Of, like, or decorated with chintz.

Usage examples:

A pretty, chintzy fabric

Meanings of Chintziest:

adjective

Of, like, or decorated with chintz.

Usage examples:

A pretty, chintzy fabric

Meanings of Chintzy:

adjective

Of, like, or decorated with chintz.

Usage examples:

A pretty, chintzy fabric

Meanings of Chinwag:

noun

A chat.

Usage examples:

It was time they got together for a good old chinwag

verb

Have a chat.

Usage examples:

He sent her to chinwag with the chiefs

Meanings of Chionodoxa:

noun

A bulbous eurasian plant of the lily family, with early blooming blue flowers.

Usage examples:

Nigel also asks if these pests attack the roots of bulbs such as chionodoxa, muscari and fritillaria.

Meanings of Chip:

noun

A small piece of something removed in the course of chopping, cutting, or breaking a hard material such as wood or stone.

Usage examples:

Mulch the shrubs with cedar chips

verb

Cut or break (a small piece) from a hard material.

Usage examples:

We had to chip ice off the upper deck

Meanings of Chip away at:

phrasal verb

Remove or withdraw gradually: "these new customs are chipping away at the quality of life"

Meanings of Chip in:

phrasal verb

Contribute to some cause

Meanings of Chip-away:

phrasal verb

To gradually break off small pieces or parts of something

Usage examples:

He used a chisel to chip away the rock., we found a mass of concrete and slowly chipped it away to …

Meanings of Chip-off-the-old-block:

phrase

Someone who resembles their parent in character or appearance.

Usage examples:

She smiled at jimmy, a chip off the old block with his grey eyes and a bit of his dad's twinkle

idiom

Someone who is very similar in character to their father or mother

Meanings of Chipboard:

noun

Material made in rigid sheets from compressed wood chips and resin, often coated or veneered, used in furniture, buildings, etc.

Usage examples:

‘aye, aye, cap'n,’ i salute, as nutter, andy and clem start to shift the new counters - all mdf, ch…

Meanings of Chipewyan:

noun

A member of a dene people of north-western canada.

Usage examples:

I have yet to encounter a chipewyan with any interest in the question’.

adjective

Relating to the chipewyan or their language.

Usage examples:

Treeline is one of the few facilities that replaces the motors on its boats every year, and its reg…

Meanings of Chipmunk:

noun

A burrowing ground squirrel with cheek pouches and light and dark stripes running down the body, found in north america and northern eurasia.

Usage examples:

Small mammals, rats, field and house mice, rabbits, pocket gophers, chipmunks and squirrels make up…

Meanings of Chipmunks:

noun

A burrowing ground squirrel with cheek pouches and light and dark stripes running down the body, found in north america and northern eurasia.

Usage examples:

Small mammals, rats, field and house mice, rabbits, pocket gophers, chipmunks and squirrels make up…

Meanings of Chipolata:

noun

A small thin sausage.

Usage examples:

Yes, there are pigs in blankets but they are organic chipolatas wrapped in thin slices of pancetta …