batter
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- noun
- /ˈbætər/
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masa
- To make pancakes, mix flour, eggs, and milk to create a smooth batter.
- rice batter
- wheat batter
Now it's time to pour the batter into the cake pans.
- Now it's time to pour the batter into the cake pans.
- These are frosted bounty bounty frosted brownie batter, and drizzled sugar cookie pop Tarts.
- Now remember, we've got Uncle Buck's hot and spicy fish batter here.
- All right, with the lemon, salt and vinegar, fresh batter and the cop.
Examples
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And then mix your batter until it's nice and smooth.
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Expose a pan full of wet, gooey batter to the heat of an oven, and it turns into a cake.
Academic text (2005) -
Oh my God, they smell so good, like cake batter or something like that.
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You allow yourself to eat the batter but not the finished product.
Fiction book (1993) -
OK, we're back and we have the cake batter all mixed up here.
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OK, so now it says to pour the batter into the little pen.
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Hope the batter on this chicken is to your liking.
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First, you want to dip your little piece of chicken... in a nice, thick batter.
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Be sure to add a quarter or a half teaspoon of salt to the batter.
Academic text (2006) -
Later, she'd coated them with tempura batter and fried them for dinner.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
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A mixture of flour, eggs, and milk that you pour to make pancakes
A thick mix of flour, water, and egg for coating foods like fish or vegetables before frying
A smooth mixture of flour and eggs that rises into light hollow shells for sweet or savory fillings
Compounds
A thick mix of flour, water, and egg for coating foods like fish or vegetables before frying
A smooth mixture of flour and eggs that rises into light hollow shells for sweet or savory fillings
How Thick
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word batter for the cooking mix comes from an old French verb battre meaning 'to beat'. You beat or mix the flour, eggs and milk until smooth, so a batter is a 'beaten' mixture used for pancakes or frying.