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  • plural of fry.
  • present tense form of fry (3rd person singular).
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    fries
    noun
    plural of fry.
  • Fries
    Fries
    noun
    Charles Carpenter, 1887–1967, U.S. linguist.
Synonyms

fries

1 American  
[frahyz] / fraɪz /

noun

  1. plural of fry.

  2. Informal. fried potatoes.


verb

  1. 3rd person singular present indicative of fry.

Fries 2 American  
[freez] / friz /

noun

  1. Charles Carpenter, 1887–1967, U.S. linguist.


fries British  
/ fraɪz /

plural noun

  1. another name for French fried potatoes

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Take away the rye and add fries to get Langer’s popular pastrami chili cheese fries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

“They’ll have the kind of strange, perfectly repeating patterns in the French fries or the bread often has far too much texture.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

I like to put the fries on the burger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

The French onion soup arrives deeply savory beneath a cap of melted cheese, while the steak frites pairs a grilled bavette steak with crisp shoestring fries and rich béarnaise.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Dad yells back through a mouthful of French fries.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Fries cooked only with microwave energy tended to remain soft rather than developing the crisp surface consumers expect.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

Don’t forget the 6,134-pipe organ, which resembles a box of exploding French Fries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

Mike Fries, Liberty Global’s chief executive, will also become its chairman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

Gujarat has become India's capital of french fry production, home to huge factories churning out chips, including facilities belonging to Canadian giant McCain Foods and India's biggest maker of French Fries, HyFun Foods.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2025

They had been sitting at Fries Cove on the island of Santa Cruz and Owen had said how important fresh water was to the old sailing ships.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen

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