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1 ADJ Food that is crisp is pleasantly hard, or has a pleasantly hard surface. [APPROVAL ] □  Bake the potatoes for 15 minutes, till they're nice and crisp. □  …crisp bacon. □  …crisp lettuce. ●  crisp|ness N‑UNCOUNT □  The pizza base retains its crispness without becoming brittle. ●  crisp|ly ADV □  …crisply-fried onion rings.

2 VERB If food crisps or if you crisp it, it becomes pleasantly hard, for example because you have heated it at a high temperature. □ [V ] Cook the bacon until it begins to crisp. □ [V n] 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 ] □  …a packet of crisps. □  …cheese and onion potato crisps. in AM, use chips or potato chips 4 ADJ Weather that is pleasantly fresh, cold, and dry can be described as crisp . [APPROVAL ] □  …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. ●  crisp|ly ADV □  …his crisply-pressed suit.

crisp|bread /kr I spbred/ (crispbreads ) N‑VAR Crispbreads are thin dry biscuits made from wheat or rye. They are often eaten instead of bread by people who want to lose weight.

crispy /kr I spi/ (crispier , crispiest ) ADJ Food that is crispy is pleasantly hard, or has a pleasantly hard surface. [APPROVAL ] □  …crispy fried onions. □  …crispy bread rolls.

criss-cross /kr I s krɒs, [AM ] - krɔːs/ (criss-crosses , criss-crossing , criss-crossed ) also crisscross

1 VERB If a person or thing criss-crosses an area, they travel from one side to the other and back again many times, following different routes. If a number of things criss-cross an area, they cross it, and cross over each other. □ [V n] They criss-crossed the country by bus. □ [V n] Telephone wires criss-cross the street.

2 VERB If two sets of lines or things criss-cross , they cross over each other. □ [V ] Wires criss-cross between the tops of the poles, forming a grid. □ [V n] The roads criss-cross one another in a fashion that at times defies logic. [Also V n]

3 ADJ [ADJ n] A criss-cross pattern or design consists of lines crossing each other. □  Slash the tops of the loaves with a sharp serrated knife in a criss-cross pattern.

cri|teri|on /kra I t I ə riən/ (criteria /kra I t I ə riə/) N‑COUNT A criterion is a factor on which you judge or decide something. □ [+ for ] The most important criterion for entry is that applicants must design and make their own work.

crit|ic ◆◆◇ /kr I t I k/ (critics )

1 N‑COUNT [oft n N ] A critic is a person who writes about and expresses opinions about things such as books, films, music, or art. □  The New York critics had praised her performance.

2 N‑COUNT [usu with poss] Someone who is a critic of a person or system disapproves of them and criticizes them publicly. □  Her critics accused her of caring only about success. SYNONYMS critic NOUN 1

judge:A panel of judges is now selecting the finalists.

reviewer:…the reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement.

criti|cal ◆◆◇ /kr I t I k ^ə l/