crisp
crisp /kr'ɪsp/ (crisper crispest crisps crisping crisped)
1 [ADJ]
Food that is crisp is pleasantly hard, or has a pleasantly hard surface.
Bake the potatoes for 15 minutes, till they're nice and crisp.
...crisp bacon.
...crisp lettuce.
≠ soggy
● crispness [N-UNCOUNT]
The pizza base retains its crispness without becoming brittle.
● crisply [ADV]
...crisply fried onion rings.
2 [VERB] V, V n
If food crisps or if you crisp it, it becomes pleasantly hard, for example because you have heated it at a high temperature.
Cook the bacon until it begins to crisp...
Spread breadcrumbs on a dry baking sheet and crisp them in the oven.
3 [N-COUNT] usu pl
Crisps are very thin slices of fried potato that are eaten cold as a snack. (BRIT; in AM, use chips or potato chips)
...a packet of crisps.
...cheese and onion potato crisps.
4 [ADJ]
Weather that is pleasantly fresh, cold, and dry can be described as crisp.
...a crisp autumn day.
5 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Crisp cloth or paper is clean and has no creases in it.
I slipped between the crisp clean sheets.
...crisp banknotes.
● crisply [ADV]
...his crisply pressed suit.po|ta|to crisp (potato crisps)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
Potato crisps are the same as crisps. (BRIT FORMAL)
1 [ADJ]
Food that is crisp is pleasantly hard, or has a pleasantly hard surface.
Bake the potatoes for 15 minutes, till they're nice and crisp.
...crisp bacon.
...crisp lettuce.
≠ soggy
● crispness [N-UNCOUNT]
The pizza base retains its crispness without becoming brittle.
● crisply [ADV]
...crisply fried onion rings.
2 [VERB] V, V n
If food crisps or if you crisp it, it becomes pleasantly hard, for example because you have heated it at a high temperature.
Cook the bacon until it begins to crisp...
Spread breadcrumbs on a dry baking sheet and crisp them in the oven.
3 [N-COUNT] usu pl
Crisps are very thin slices of fried potato that are eaten cold as a snack. (BRIT; in AM, use chips or potato chips)
...a packet of crisps.
...cheese and onion potato crisps.
4 [ADJ]
Weather that is pleasantly fresh, cold, and dry can be described as crisp.
...a crisp autumn day.
5 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Crisp cloth or paper is clean and has no creases in it.
I slipped between the crisp clean sheets.
...crisp banknotes.
● crisply [ADV]
...his crisply pressed suit.po|ta|to crisp (potato crisps)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
Potato crisps are the same as crisps. (BRIT FORMAL)