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| besides |
If, besides a sandwich, you had potato chips with your lunch, it means that you had more than a sandwich for lunch. You also had potato chips. [1/3 definitions] |
| chip1 |
the British word for a long, thin stick or slab of potato that is deep-fried. This meaning of "chip" has the same meaning as "french fry" in American English. [1/6 definitions] |
| cook |
When you cook food, you make it ready to eat by making it hot. When you boil an egg, fry a chicken, or bake a potato, you are cooking food. [1/4 definitions] |
| crisp |
the British word for a very thin slice of potato that is fried in oil and seasoned with salt and sometimes other flavorings. "Crisp" has the same meaning as "potato chip." [1/4 definitions] |
| crispy |
easily broken or crumbled, as fried or baked foods such as fresh potato chips or newly-baked crackers, |
| fry1 |
(usually plural) long pieces of potato that have been fried. [1/2 definitions] |
| hold1 |
When you hold something, you use a device or some part of your body to support and control it, like when you hold a pillow under your arm or you hold a potato with your fork. [1/12 definitions] |
| latke |
a pancake made with small bits of potato, egg, onion, and salt. Latkes are fried in a pan with oil. |
| potato |
A potato is a root that you eat as a vegetable. Potatoes are white or yellow inside and have brown, red, or yellowish skin. |
| potato chip |
a very thin slice of potato that is fried until it is crisp. |
| stick2 |
When you stick something, you break into it with a sharp or pointed object. When you stick a potato with a fork, you break into the potato with the fork. [1/9 definitions] |
| such |
If you like pretzels, potato chips and other such things, it means that you like pretzels, potato chips, and other things that are like these things. [1/4 definitions] |
| sweet potato |
an orange plant root that is eaten as a vegetable. A sweet potato looks like an orange potato, but the two plants are not closely related. Sweet potatoes usually have a sweet taste when they are cooked. |
| yam |
a kind of sweet potato. [1/2 definitions] |
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