Noun: french fry
Usage: N. Amer
Usage: N. Amer
Usage: N. Amer
- A strip of deep-fried potato
"He dipped a french fry in ketchup";
- French fry [N. Amer], chip [Brit]
Usage: N. Amer
- Strips of potato fried in deep fat
"He ordered a burger with a side of french fries"; "He ordered a burger with a side of french-fried potatoes";
- french-fried potatoes [N. Amer], fries, chips [Brit], French fries [N. Amer]
- Of or pertaining to France or the people of France
"French cooking";
- Gallic
- Of or relating to the French language
"the French word for cheese is 'fromage'"
- The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
- French language
- The people of France
- French people
- United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1850-1931)
- Daniel Chester French
- Cut (e.g, beans) lengthwise in preparation for cooking
"French the potatoes"
Derived forms: Frenched, Frenches, Frenching
Type of: aloo [Asia], alu [Asia], carver, country, cut, Irish potato [US], land, Latinian language, murphy [informal], nation, potato, pratie [Ireland], praty [Ireland], Romance, Romance language, sculptor, sculpturer, spud [informal], statue maker, tater [informal], tatie [UK, dialect], tattie [UK, dialect], white potato [US]
Encyclopedia: French fry
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