cheese fries

plural noun

: french fries topped with cheese or cheese sauce and sometimes additional toppings (such as chili or bacon)

Cheese fries … covered with cheddar and Monterey Jack cheeses, with a smattering of chopped green onions.

—Suzanne Marta

Our mammoth platter of cheese fries … held enough potatoes to feed six, buried under a gooey mantle of melted cheddar.

—The Dallas Morning News

I feasted on some garlic cheese fries that were fantastic. These weren't just fries tossed in garlic seasoning and then covered with cheese. … No, these were plain fries, covered with a cheese sauce that had the garlic mixed into it.

—Mike Thompson

Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above