strips
Pronunciación: [strɪps]
Palabra
Contexto: «food»
(noun) strips are long, thin pieces of something, like meat or vegetables. Imagine cutting a carrot into long thin pieces. Those pieces are called strips.
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I like to eat chicken strips with dipping sauce for lunch.
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There are no strips of lettuce left in the salad.
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Can you cut the bell pepper into strips for the stir-fry?
Contexto: «action»
(verb) to strip means to take off a layer or remove something from an object. Like when you take the wrapping off a present or take the skin off a fruit.
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She strips the wallpaper to reveal the beautiful walls underneath.
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He didn't strip the old paint from the chair before he tried to repaint it.
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Are you going to strip the old labels off the bottles before recycling them?
Contexto: «entertainment»
(noun) strips can also refer to comic strips, which are short stories told in pictures and words in a sequence, usually found in newspapers.
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My favorite comic strips make me laugh every Sunday morning.
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There are no new comic strips published in the newspaper today.
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Have you read the latest comic strips in the paper?
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