cheese fries

American  

[chiz frahyz] / ˈtʃɪz ˌfraɪz /

plural noun

Informal.

1. a dish of French fries that have been topped with cheese, usually American or cheddar, and baked or otherwise heated until the cheese is melted.

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Etymology

Origin of cheese fries

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Its pink-and-green neon parrot sign lit the way to some of the most satisfying chili cheese fries I’ve ever eaten: crinkle-cut potatoes, sheeny Velveeta-yellow cheese sauce, chili ladled from a mini-crockpot in the back.

From Salon • Sep. 16, 2025

The ballpark concession menu includes bacon-wrapped bacon, steak-cut bacon, bacon-loaded cheese fries and bacon chips.

From Washington Times • Jun. 23, 2023

Mr. Holder did not indicate that he knew the rapper, but approached him for a brief conversation after ordering chili cheese fries at a nearby burger place while the woman waited in the car.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2022

McKay: I would immediately get like a 2,200-calorie cheese steak with cheese fries and a cherry Wishniak.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2021

Instead there is everything you might eat if eating had no bodily consequences—the cheese fries, the chicken-fried steaks, the fudge-laden desserts—only here every bite must be paid for, one way or another, in human discomfort.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich