corn chip

noun

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

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Although it was originally conceived as a side salad, it is now frequently enjoyed as a dip (the heft of this mixture begs for sturdy corn chips, like Fritos) and as a lively condiment for topping tacos and other savory meals. Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 17 May 2025 The other is a Chili Cheese Corn Dog coated in corn chips. Eve Chen, USA Today, 17 May 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for corn chip

Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

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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 30 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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