fryer

noun

fry·​er ˈfrī(-ə)r How to pronounce fryer (audio)
variants or less commonly frier
: something intended for or used in frying: such as
a
: a young chicken
b
: a deep utensil for frying foods

Examples of fryer in a Sentence

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In the kitchen, the inspector counted 22 roach corpses, 15 of them on the floor around fryers where three survivors roamed. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025 This includes the kitchen fryer hood with five gas fryers, three griddle hoods with two grills per hood and one meat grill. Molly Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Oct. 2025 There’s the ubiquitous sloshing of bright red hurricanes in curvaceous cocktail glasses, the sizzling of beignets in fryers and the bubbling of boiling crawfish on stovetops. Matt Alderton, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025 Dave's Hot Chicken started as a pop-up more than a half-dozen years ago when a group of a few friends gathered up $900, a fryer and set up in an East Hollywood parking lot. Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 21 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fryer

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fryer was in 1851

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“Fryer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fryer. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

Kids Definition

fryer

noun
fry·​er
variants also frier
ˈfrī(-ə)r
1
: something (as a young chicken) suitable for frying
2
: a deep utensil for frying foods

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