Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fish and chip

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables: fish and chip
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Attributive form of fish and chips.

Example Sentences

"a fish and chip supper"
"Nevertheless, fish and chip shops are still the most popular form of takeaway in the UK, and are undergoing something of a renaissance."
"A Jewish immigrant, Joseph Malin from Eastern Europe, is said to have opened the first fish and chip shop in the east end of London in 1860 and John Lees opened his business a few years later, setting up a wooden hut in the market at Mossley, near Oldham in Lancashire."
"One statistic which would confirm this fall consists of the reduction of the number of fish and chip shops in the country, although even here a steady decrease has occurred so that fish and chips seems to have retained its position as Britain’s most popular takeaway."
"The end of the line is a two-minute stroll from the ferry terminal. There's a fish and chip shop and two cafes for local mussels, prawns, langoustines and crab, as well as an excellent local gallery, as you wait two hours for the return journey."

Inflected Forms

fish-and-chip (alternative)

Phrases

fish-and-chippy

Questions

What does fish and chip mean?: Attributive form of fish and chips.

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