Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A Japanese dish of vegetables and shrimp or other seafood dipped in batter and fried in deep fat.
Wiktionary
- n. A dish made by deep-frying vegetables, seafood, or other foods in a light batter.
WordNet 3.0
- n. vegetables and seafood dipped in batter and deep-fried
Etymologies
- Japanese 天麩羅 (てんぷら, tenpura), from Portuguese tempero ("seasoning"), a form of temperar, from Latin temperare ("to mix, to temper"). (Wiktionary)
- Japanese. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The take-out menu does say $10 for ANY three rolls, and shrimp tempura is listed there.”
“Is there a better way to deal with a roll of sushi made from cheap fish than breading the whole damnthing in tempura batter and deep frying it!?!”
“i love a little piece of heaven called the “shogun roll” (i could be wrong on the spelling?). it has tempura shrimp, unagi, avocado, and imitation crab. it is then rolled in tempura crunchies and then drizzled with a walnut sauce and it is ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!”
““Fry them in tempura batter, stuff them and fry them, cook them like stuffed grape leaves, cut them up and put in frittatas or omelets …,” I drifted off as the questioners’ eyes glazed over.”
“Tack on a couple pieces of Pumpkin tempura, and a Pumpkin pastry and you’ve got a Thanksgiving post!”
“The tempura is a scraggly coating on tasteless vegetables and skimpy shrimp.”
“The tempura is a perfect balance of smooth crispy coating and tasty jumbo ebi shrimp.”
“Skip the boring prawn tempura, which is not worth $22.”
“Ms. Cant notes another -- that those early Portuguese in Japan, frying up their vegetables and fish, referred to the food eaten during Lent by the archaic Portuguese word tempura or tempuras.”
“For dinner we suggest Lampang local fare, namely tempura and katsudon.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tempura’.
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food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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As soon as I finish this chapter
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procrastination, drily, rheumatism, rheum, suint, tiresome, wearisome, tiring, suboptimal, subpar, subprime, grange and 190 more...
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NihonGoose's Words
colander, doily, nacre, mandible, carapace, glutinous, penumbral, skein, mollify, colloquial, sanguine, chagrin and 118 more...
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Valse's Words
fastidious, fervent, bellicose, personification, onomatopoeia, burly, concomitant, tempura, serendipity, pecuniary, foment, chum and 418 more...
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Japanese loanwords
Japanese and Japanese-derived words that have gained use in English.
honcho, daimyo, futon, sushi, shogun, samurai, sashimi, anime, manga, haiku, ikebana, karate and 10 more...
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jimcommadarling's Words
murmur, ampersand, ubiquitous, euphemism, crucial, epitome, insofar, tantamount, accommodate, pathos, pulchritude, malapropism and 83 more...
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Common Japanese
tsunami, karaoke, kimono, seppuku, futon, tempura, sushi, katana
Tweets
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bilby Deep-fried goodness. Sep 29, 2008
slumry Japanese deepfried fish and vegetables Jul 24, 2007