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  fries

  noun

  plural of fry.
• Fries
  Fries

  noun

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

fries

¹ American  

[frahyz] / fraɪz /

noun

1. plural of fry.

2. Informal. fried potatoes.

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verb

1. 3rd person singular present indicative of fry.

Fries ² American  

[freez] / friz /

noun

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

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fries British  

/ fraɪz /

plural noun

1. another name for French fried potatoes

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Sometimes you just want to tell a box that you need fries and trust that fries will appear.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

My B story here would be getting a single cheeseburger with french fries at the Win-Dow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

“It breaks my heart,” said Blue, who misses McDonald’s fries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

When Will didn’t answer, Ben helped himself, nabbing a handful of fries from Will’s tray.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin

And then there was MapQuest — another artifact safely filed away in the same early-2000s drawer as Freedom Fries — which announced, simply, “We’re not changing it.”

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

The first paper, "The Effect of Conventional and Microwave Frying on the Quality Characteristics of French Fries," is published in the Journal of Food Science.

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

It landed guard Will Fries with a five-year, $88-million pact.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025

But my jaw really dropped when I read a July 19,2004, article from the International Herald Tribune headlined: “Want Fries With Outsourcing?”

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

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