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curry chip

curry chip

4.0
Fried potato chips coated with curry powder and served hot as a snack
  • noun
  • UK
translation icon : patatas fritas al curry
  • After a night out, we stopped for some curry chips from the takeaway.

Examples

  • The restaurant's curry chips are famous for their spicy and unique taste.

  • He learned to make curry chips at home after trying them on holiday.

  • I love curry chips with my burger.

  • Can you pass the curry chips?

  • After a night out, we stopped for some curry chips from the takeaway.

  • The restaurant's curry chips are famous for their spicy and unique taste.

  • He learned to make curry chips at home after trying them on holiday.

Synonyms

chip
vscurry chip
  • US
218 1.0

A thin crisp slice of potato fried and eaten as a snack

is the same snack served with spiced seasoning
potato chip
vscurry chip
  • US
48 1.0

A thin crispy slice of potato fried or baked and eaten as a snack

is the same crisp snack but offered with spiced seasoning
chips
vscurry chip
  • UK
2 1.0

Thick fried potato pieces eaten hot as a snack or side

is that food served as a spiced portion rather than plain

How Spicy

chipotle
10 5.1
curry chip
  • UK
4.0
chip
  • US
218 1.0

Surface Forms

curry chip singular
curry chips plural

Morphology

curry + chip

The meaning 'fried potato chips seasoned with curry' is directly and compositionally built from 'curry' (a spice/flavoring) + 'chip' (a fried potato slice), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the combined meaning. This kind of noun-noun flavor/food combination is common cross-linguistically and follows straightforward English compounding patterns, making it transparent.

Etymology

Curry chip may come from chip shops where hot fried chips are sprinkled with curry powder or served with a curry sauce. Seeing a chip covered in curry makes it easy to understand why the name means 'a spicy, flavored fry' or 'a popular snack'.