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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

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

Wiktionary

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

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. vegetables and seafood dipped in batter and deep-fried

Etymologies

  1. 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)
  2. Japanese. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • bilby Deep-fried goodness. Sep 29, 2008

  • slumry Japanese deepfried fish and vegetables Jul 24, 2007

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