fritter

as in cake
a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried she loves eating corn fritters with maple syrup

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Recent Examples of fritter Canelés, financiers and, at least for a short while, peach fritters. Allyson Reedy, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025 The sweet, golden fritter instantly transported her back to childhood mornings in Kaduna, eating what her family called dodo. Essence, 12 Sep. 2025 On the food menu are Spanish classics like paella, croquetas fritters, and patatas bravas, or crispy potatoes, along with colorful summer salads and crowd-pleasers like burgers and sandwiches. Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025 Chickpea flour is the base for these crispy fritters that chef and author Romy Gill likes to pair with cool mint-cilantro chutney. Saveur Editors, Saveur, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fritter
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Noun
  • Kendall was presented with a white birthday cake adorned with black ribbons, white candles and shot bottles of 818 tequila (her alcohol brand).
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Heitzman also offers a variety of other holiday desserts to order, including jam cakes ($7-$75), fruit cakes ($25-$125), 8-inch holiday cakes (starting at $30), fruit stollen ($32), Yule Log ($32) and more.
    Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Noting that the president was given a gold crown and beef patties with ketchup while in South Korea, Jost joked that the 79-year-old basically just had a Happy Meal with a toy.
    William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2025
  • The burger consists of two steakburger patties, American cheese, pickles, onions and ketchup on a bun stamped with the Bitcoin symbol.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025

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“Fritter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fritter. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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