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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

Words formed from fish 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. fisgigs
  2. fish
  3. fish 'n' chips
  4. fish acute toxicity syndrome
  5. fish and brewis
  6. fish and chip
  7. fish and chipperies
  8. fish and chippery
  9. fish and chippie
  10. fish and chippies
  11. fish and chippy

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