potato chip

A thin slice of potato fried in deep fat until crisp and then usually seasoned: ate potato chips while we watched the movie.

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potato chip

1. (Cookery) (usually plural) another name for chip⁴

2. (Cookery) (usually plural) US and Canadian a very thin slice of potato fried and eaten cold as a snack. Also called (in eg Britain): crisp

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pota′to chip`

a thin slice of potato fried until crisp and usu. salted.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

potato chip - a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

crisp, Saratoga chip, chip

snack food - food for light meals or for eating between meals

Translations

Kartoffelchip

chips

potetgull

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