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| chip1 |
(chiefly British) a long, thin piece of potato that is deep-fried; French fry. [1/10 definitions] |
| crisp |
(chiefly British) a very thin slice of potato that is deep-fried and seasoned with salt and sometimes other flavorings; potato chip. [1/7 definitions] |
| fry1 |
(usu. pl.) pieces of deep-fried potato. [1/7 definitions] |
| Irish potato |
the white potato, widely grown in Ireland. |
| knish |
a flaky piece of dough stuffed with meat, potato, or the like and fried or baked. |
| ocarina |
a small wind instrument that has a small mouthpiece and finger holes, is shaped somewhat like an elongated potato, and produces soft, hollow sounds. |
| peeling |
a piece that has been peeled off something, such as a strip of potato skin. |
| potato |
a sweet potato. [1/3 definitions] |
| potato chip |
a thin slice of potato that is deep-fried until crisp, usu. salted, and sometimes flavored. |
| spud |
(informal) a potato. [1/3 definitions] |
| tomato hornworm |
a large green caterpillar that feeds on plants of the nightshade family, esp. tomato and potato plants, and develops into the hawk moth. |
| tuber |
a short, fleshy, rounded or oblong underground stem, such as the potato, with buds from which new shoots can grow. [1/2 definitions] |
| vichyssoise |
a cream of potato soup flavored with leeks and onions and usu. served chilled. |
| yam |
any of various large, orange-fleshed varieties of sweet potato. [1/2 definitions] |
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