cold chips

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

cold chips pl (plural only)

(Australia, New Zealand) potato chips, crisps.

Usage notes

Australian and New Zealand English uses "chips" both for what North Americans call french fries and for what Britons call crisps. When confusion would occur between the two meanings, "hot chips" is used to refer to 'french fries' and just "chips" is used to refer to 'crisps'.

Related terms

hot chips