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deep-fried

deep-fried

21 1.7
Cooked by putting food completely into hot oil
  • adjective
  • /ˈdiːpˌfraɪd/
translation icon : frito
  • She brought home a platter of deep-fried shrimp, perfect for our seafood feast.
  • deep-fried food
  • deep-fried chicken
  • deep-fried turkey

So I made that man vomit from ingesting too much deep fried blue cheese.

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Examples

  • At the food festival, I enjoyed a variety of deep-fried snacks, including pickles and zucchini.

  • This fish and chip shop do deep fried Mars bars.

  • Here are three of the best places to get a deep-fried turkey in Los Angeles.

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  • If you want to enjoy deep-fried turkey, leave it to the professionals.

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  • The obvious solution: have professionals cook your deep-fried turkey for you.

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  • For several years, people in the South have enjoyed deep-fried turkeys for many special occasions, including Thanksgiving.

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  • The bright orange squiggly glowing thing is a jalebi: deep-fried doughnut batter soaked in syrup.

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  • Above: The three that look like Dunkin' Munchkins are mini-gulab jamun: deep-fried paneer dough soaked in syrup.

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  • During the carnival, I tried the delicious deep-fried Oreos, a favorite fair treat.

Synonyms

fried
vsdeep-fried
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Food cooked in hot oil or fat

is cooked by full immersion in hot fat or oil

Antonyms

raw
353 1.0

In a natural state not cooked, treated, or finished

How Fried

deep-fried
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fried
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raw
353 1.0

Surface Forms

deep-fried positive

Morphology

deep-fried = deep-fry (transparent) = deep + fry + ed

Formed from the verb 'deep-fry' with the regular past-participle/adjectival suffix '-ed'; the cooking meaning is directly derived from its parts.

Etymology

Deep-fried comes from its two parts: deep meaning 'far down' or 'fully' and fried meaning 'cooked in hot oil'. So it describes food that is put completely into hot fat or oil to cook, which is why deep-fried food is crunchy and golden.