potato chip
noun
: a thin slice of white potato that has been cooked until crisp and then usually salted
Examples of potato chip in a Sentence
I had a sandwich and a bag of potato chips for lunch.
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This slogan for Lay’s potato chips seemed endearing in mid-20th-century America, before the rise of the obesity epidemic.
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David S. Ludwig, STAT, 9 Apr. 2026
The crispy potatoes are like tiny baby potato chips.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
Some of us virtuously recycle items that will be transported across the world to smother island nations in single-use plastic bags and water bottles, milk jugs, yogurt tubs, pet food and potato chip bags, Styrofoam meat trays, Coke bottles, Amazon mailing envelopes, and fast-food wrappers.
—Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
The Pestova company has nearly 100 acres of potato fields in eastern Kosovo that are used to make the potato chips sold under the name Vipa.
—ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
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David S. Ludwig, STAT, 9 Apr. 2026
The crispy potatoes are like tiny baby potato chips.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
Some of us virtuously recycle items that will be transported across the world to smother island nations in single-use plastic bags and water bottles, milk jugs, yogurt tubs, pet food and potato chip bags, Styrofoam meat trays, Coke bottles, Amazon mailing envelopes, and fast-food wrappers.
—Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
The Pestova company has nearly 100 acres of potato fields in eastern Kosovo that are used to make the potato chips sold under the name Vipa.
—ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for potato chip
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“Potato chip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/potato%20chip. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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