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fish-and-chip

fish-and-chip is the attributive form of fish and chips.

Meaning of fish and chips

Noun

fish and chips sg or pl (attributive fish and chip or fish-and-chip)

  1. (plural, singular) A meal of fish fried in batter and served with chips (fried potato pieces), popular throughout the Anglosphere, especially in coastal regions.
    • Let's go to Sophie's by the sea; they have the most delicious fish and chips.

Forms of fish-and-chip

alternative formfish and chip

Questions about fish-and-chip

What is fish-and-chip the attributive form of?
Fish-and-chip is the attributive form of fish and chips.

Words near fish-and-chip in the dictionary

  1. fish wrap
  2. fish wrapper
  3. fish wrappers
  4. fish wraps
  5. fish'd
  6. fish-and-chip
  7. fish-and-chipper
  8. fish-and-chipperies
  9. fish-and-chippers
  10. fish-and-chippery
  11. fish-and-chippies

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