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apple fritter

apple fritter

3 1.0
A sweet piece of fried dough with apple pieces often served warm
  • noun
  • /ˈæpəl ˈfrɪtər/
translation icon : buñuelo de manzana
  • She brought a box of homemade apple fritters to share at the picnic.
  • coffee and an apple fritter

Oh, give him a, give him an apple fritter, you know.

Examples

  • One last apple fritter.

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  • Oh, give him a, give him an apple fritter, you know.

  • I went on your Facebook page, Breakfast, pizza and the biggest apple fritter I've ever seen.

  • Signe is the kind of woman who, if she has a couple of eggs, will just bake up some apple fritters.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Nate's dad always used to get him an apple fritter on his birthday and so I thought an apple croissant was close enough.

  • Mine has been good; I had a good time at the Apple Festival today—yummy apple fritters!

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  • There's just something extra special about an apple fritter and a steaming cup of farmhouse coffee on a crisp day in Apple Hill.

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  • Carlsberg lager was a perfect accompaniment, and afterward there were apple fritters and pastry.

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  • After lunch, I often enjoy a warm apple fritter topped with cinnamon sugar.

  • On cool autumn days, a fresh apple fritter pairs perfectly with a cup of hot cider.

Synonyms

fritter
vsapple fritter
17 3.0

A piece of fruit, meat, or vegetable coated in batter and deep-fried

is a sweeter battered piece that contains sliced fruit and is eaten as dessert

How Rich

apple fritter
3 1.0

Surface Forms

apple fritter singular

Morphology

apple + fritter

The compound combines a clear food noun 'apple' with 'fritter' (a fried batter item), so the meaning — a fritter made with apple pieces — is directly derivable from the constituents. This culinary, compositional pattern is common and predictable cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words would understand the MWE.

Etymology

Apple fritter comes from the simple picture of chopped apple mixed into batter and deep-fried into a lumpy little cake called a fritter. So the name means 'a fried apple snack', which is why today it refers to the sweet, fried treat with apple pieces inside.