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corn chip

noun

: a piece of a dry crisp snack food prepared from a seasoned cornmeal batter

Examples of corn chip in a Sentence

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Instead, their color will be a pale yellow, resembling corn chips. Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 13 Nov. 2025 Spoon it over a bag of corn chips and top with shredded cheese and garnishes for a snack-able dish everyone will love eating right out of a bag. Patricia S York, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025 There were too many of the bulky, sweet styrofoam mochi waffle crisps and not enough seaweed/salty furikake, and the errant corn chips (faux-Fritos) and wasabi peas were in tragic shortage. Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Oct. 2025 Most nutritionists still agree that eating a bag of corn chips is far less healthy than eating an ear of corn. Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for corn chip

Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of corn chip was in 1932

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“Corn chip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corn%20chip. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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corn chip

noun
: a piece of a dry crisp snack food prepared from a seasoned cornmeal batter
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