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fish and chips

fish and chips noun: a meal of fish fried in batter and served with chips (fried potato pieces), popular throughout the Anglosphere, especially in coastal regions.

fish and chips: a meal of fish fried in batter and served with chips (fried potato pieces), popular throughout the...
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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.
    • Fried Fish and Chips, two iron furnaces and chipping machine, low rent.1897 September 18, The Age, Melbourne, page 9, column 5

fish and chips meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Persian

fish and chips in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

fish and chips in Arabic

a meal of fried fish and potatoes
سَمَك وَبَطَاطِس مَقْلِيَّة samak wa-baṭāṭis maqliyya

fish and chips in Persian

a meal of fried fish and potatoes
فیش اند چیپس fiš-and-čips

Examples of fish and chips in a sentence

  • “And a perfect contrast to Doris, who’s so pale and thin.” / “Too many fish and chips and not enough proper vitamins,” said Mrs.1974, Pamela Sykes, Phoebe’s Family, Nashville, Tenn.: Thomas Nelson Inc., →ISBN, page 52:
  • Though normally fish and chips is my favourite.1984, Frances Thomas, chapter 22, in Zak (New Windmill Series), Oxford, Oxon: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, published 1988, →ISBN, page...
  • Jeez, Will, you’ve definitely had too much fish and chips.1992, Gloria Hatrick, Masks, New York, N.Y.: Orchard Books, published 1996, →ISBN, page 5:
  • Newspaper wrapping is old news; most fish and chips are now served wrapped in plain white paper.2009, Food Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 Extraordinary Places to Eat Around the Globe, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISBN...

Synonyms of fish and chips

Forms of fish and chips

attributivefish and chip
attributivefish-and-chip
alternative formfish-and-chips
alternative formfish 'n' chips

Words formed from fish and chips

Questions about fish and chips

What does fish and chips mean?
Fish and chips means a meal of fish fried in batter and served with chips (fried potato pieces), popular throughout the Anglosphere, especially in coastal regions.
What is fish and chips in Tamil?
Fish and chips in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Fish and chips meaning in Tamil.
How do you use fish and chips in a sentence?
“And a perfect contrast to Doris, who’s so pale and thin.” / “Too many fish and chips and not enough proper vitamins,” said Mrs.
What part of speech is fish and chips?
Fish and chips is a noun.

Words near fish and chips in the dictionary

  1. fish and chipperies
  2. fish and chippery
  3. fish and chippie
  4. fish and chippies
  5. fish and chippy
  6. fish and chips
  7. fish and company stink after three days
  8. fish ball
  9. fish balls
  10. fish beam
  11. fish beams

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