deep fryer

noun

: a utensil suitable for deep-fat frying

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Doughnut pan or deep fryer Donuts can be either baked or fried. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025 Legend has it that a chef at El Charro Cafe in Tucson created the dish by accidentally dropping a burrito into a deep fryer sometime in the 1950s. Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 8 Aug. 2025 Dunking your spuds in a deep fryer might be a recipe for elevating your risk of Type 2 diabetes. Aria Bendix, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2025 Even the restaurants had been foreclosed, their European espresso machines and industry-grade deep fryers binned and loaded into trucks. Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deep fryer

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of deep fryer was in 1906

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“Deep fryer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deep%20fryer. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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