Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A Japanese dish of vegetables and shrimp or other seafood dipped in batter and fried in deep fat.

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  • noun A dish made by deep-frying vegetables, seafood, or other foods in a light batter.

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  • noun vegetables and seafood dipped in batter and deep-fried

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Japanese.]

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Japanese 天麩羅 (てんぷら, tenpura), from Portuguese tempero ("seasoning"), a form of temperar, from Latin temperare ("to mix, to temper").

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  • Japanese deepfried fish and vegetables

    July 24, 2007

  • Deep-fried goodness.

    September 29, 2008