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Noun: french fry
Usage: N. Amer
  1. A strip of deep-fried potato
    - French fry [N. Amer], chip [Brit]
Adjective: French  french
  1. Of or pertaining to France or the people of France
    "French cooking";
    - Gallic
     
  2. Of or relating to the French language
    "the French word for cheese"
Noun: French  french
  1. The people of France
    - French people
     
  2. The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
    - French language
     
  3. 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
Verb: French  french
  1. Cut (e.g, beans) lengthwise in preparation for cooking
    "French the potatoes"
Noun: french fries
Usage: N. Amer
  1. Strips of potato fried in deep fat
    - french-fried potatoes [Brit, N. Amer], fries, chips [Brit], French fries [N. Amer]

Derived forms: Frenches, Frenching, Frenched

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

French, Paul

French fries