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potato crisp

potato crisp noun: a thin slice of potato that has been deep-fried until it is brittle and crispy, and which is eaten when cool; they are typically packaged and sold as a snack.

potato crisp: a thin slice of potato that has been deep-fried until it is brittle and crispy, and which is eaten...
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Noun

potato crisp (plural potato crisps)

  1. (Ireland, UK, in plural) A thin slice of potato that has been deep-fried until it is brittle and crispy, and which is eaten when cool; they are typically packaged and sold as a snack.
    • Edward, give me another of those delicious olives. / What's that? Potato crisps? No, I can't endure them.1949 August 22 (first performance), T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, The Cocktail Party: A Comedy, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.; Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.: Samuel French […], published 1950...
    Synonyms:
    crisp, chip, potato chip

potato crisp meaning in Arabic, Malay, Indonesian and Persian

potato crisp in Arabic

thin deep-fried slice of potato
شِبْس šibs, تْشِبْس tšibs, تْشِيبْس tšībs, رَقَائِق اَلْبَطَاطِس raqāʔiq al-baṭāṭis

potato crisp in Malay

thin deep-fried slice of potato
kerepek kentang

potato crisp in Indonesian

thin deep-fried slice of potato
keripik kentang

potato crisp in Persian

thin deep-fried slice of potato
چیپس čips
More languagesFewer languages
potato crisp in Thai
มันฝรั่งทอด man-fà-ràng-tɔ̂ɔt
potato crisp in Vietnamese
khoai tây lát mỏng

Synonyms of potato crisp

Forms of potato crisp

pluralpotato crisps

Questions about potato crisp

What does potato crisp mean?
Potato crisp means a thin slice of potato that has been deep-fried until it is brittle and crispy, and which is eaten when cool; they are typically packaged and sold as a snack.
What is potato crisp in Arabic?
Potato crisp in Arabic is شِبْس (šibs), تْشِبْس (tšibs), تْشِيبْس (tšībs). See Potato crisp meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is potato crisp?
Potato crisp is a noun.
What is the plural of potato crisp?
The plural of potato crisp is potato crisps.

Words near potato crisp in the dictionary

  1. potato chip of the sea
  2. potato chips
  3. potato chips of the sea
  4. potato cod
  5. potato cods
  6. potato crisp
  7. potato crisps
  8. potato digger
  9. potato diggers
  10. potato eater
  11. potato eaters

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