chipped potato
British English for what Americans call a french fry — a piece of potato cut into strips or chunks and deep-fried.
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British English for what Americans call a french fry — a piece of potato cut into strips or chunks and deep-fried. The singular chipped potato emphasises the process: chipping means cutting into pieces, and the potato is then fried. In British fish-and-chip-shop culture, chips (the plural) are a national institution, and the more formal chipped potato occasionally appears in menus, newspapers, or contexts where precision matters. Think fat, soft British chip rather than the thin crispy American fry.
The pub menu offered the classic: battered cod with a generous serving of chipped potato and mushy peas on the side.
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(British) A potato chip.
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