corn chip

noun

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

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Its use is now expanded to also include ready-to-eat cereals, crackers, snack mixes, hard pretzels, plain potato chips, plain corn chips, tortilla chips and multigrain chips, the FDA said. Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 9 May 2025 Butterfly pea flower extract, which is already used to color most of the above, had its use expanded to color ready-to-eat cereals, crackers, snack mixes, hard pretzels, plain potato chips, plain corn chips, tortilla chips and multigrain chips. Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 May 2025 Serve this as a dip with corn chips (like Scoops) or tortilla chips. Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 6 May 2025 Sargeant zeroes in on the uniquely engaged, upbeat workers at Trader Joe’s, people who seem to genuinely enjoy putting corn chips on shelves or packing box after box of frozen dumplings into paper bags. Aliza Knox, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 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 24 May. 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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