Meaning

4 senses
  1. A machine or container for frying food.

    He learned to work the fryer as part of becoming a competent cook for a commercial kitchen.

  2. A fish suitable for frying.

    flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying

  3. A young chicken suitable for frying; a pullet or cockerel.

  4. One who fries.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. I bought a deep-fat fryer.

    deIch habe eine Friteuse gekauft. — Luiaard

  2. Clearly you don't own an air fryer.

  3. He put the croquette in the deep fryer.

  4. An air fryer is handy for cooking quickly without using an oven.

  5. I need a bigger fryer.

Translations

3 languages

Origin

From fry + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix).

From fry + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix).

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Forms

plural: fryers
Singularfryer
Pluralfryers

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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