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refry

4.8

An act of cooking food again in oil after it was already cooked once

noun
/ˈriːfraɪ/

: volver a freír

For dinner, we ordered tacos with a side of refry made from beans.

Examples

I learned that the best way to use leftovers is to refry them for added flavor.
The chef demonstrated how to refry old rice to create a delicious new dish.
OK, I got a piece of popcorn chicken, but I'm trying to also get some of those refried fries.

Surface Forms

refry singular

refrys plural

Morphology

refry = refry (transparent) = re + fry

The noun is a straightforward conversion from the verb 'refry' and clearly means an act or instance of frying again.

Etymology

Refry combines re- 'again' and fry 'to cook in hot oil'. So a refry is the act or process of frying food again to heat it or make it crisp.