Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cow chip

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.92 in modern English

Syllables: cow chip
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of dried cow dung, used especially as fuel in the Third World and by early North American settlers.

Example Sentences

"Eleodes obsoleta: Common on the plains, beneath cow-chips and rubbish, everywhere from Denver to Colorado Springs."
"He unhitched and unharnessed the team, turned it loose with the horse herd, remuda, and helped the cook gather cow chips for fuel."
"When cattle replaced buffalo on the plains, cow chips in turn replaced buffalo chips as a ready source of British thermal units."

Inflected Forms

cow chips (plural) cowchip (alternative) cow-chip (alternative)

Phrases

buffalo chip cow pat cow patty

Frequently Paired Words

buffalo chip cow pat cow patty cowpie

Synonyms

chip cow dung buffalo chip

Questions

What does cow chip mean?: A piece of dried cow dung, used especially as fuel in the Third World and by early North American settlers.

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