how to pronounce chop

/ˈtʃɑːp/

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chop is pronounced in one syllable

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ɑː

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An example use of chop in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… to chop sticks fences and whatever else …”

meaning of chop

Chop means to cut or chop up something.

chop frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word chop occurs in english on average 12 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics chop can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that chop can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;