potato chip

potato chip
a) potato cut into elongated cubes and fried, a chip or chipped potato, usually larger than the US French fried potato.
b) potato cut slices and fried, similar to a UK potato crisp.

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  • potato chip — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms potato chip : singular potato chip plural potato chips American a crisp II, 1) …   English dictionary

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  • potato chip — po tato ,chip noun count AMERICAN a food made by cooking small very thin pieces of potato in oil. British crisp: a bag of potato chips …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • potato chip — noun a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat • Syn: ↑chip, ↑crisp, ↑Saratoga chip • Derivationally related forms: ↑crisp (for: ↑crisp), ↑crispy ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • potato chip — a thin slice of potato fried until crisp and usually salted. Also called Saratoga chip. [1835 45] * * * …   Universalium

  • potato chip — pota′to chip n. coo a thin slice of potato fried until crisp and usu. salted …   From formal English to slang

  • potato chip — noun Date: 1854 a thin slice of white potato that has been cooked until crisp and then usually salted …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • potato chip — piece of thinly sliced and fried potato that is eaten as a snack food …   English contemporary dictionary

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