chopping vegetables
Cutting produce smaller
Chopping vegetables is cutting them into pieces for cooking or serving.
The phrase functions as a unit because it names a common kitchen task: I spent twenty minutes chopping vegetables for the stir-fry.
The size and shape of the pieces vary by technique—dicing, mincing, julienning—but chopping generally implies rough, informal cuts rather than precise knife work.
- dicingCutting into cubes
- fine diceVery small cubes
- mincingAffectedly delicate in manner
- slicingCutting into portions
- rough chopUneven culinary cutting
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