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fryers

fryers is the plural of fryer.

Meaning of fryer

Noun

fryer (plural fryers)

  1. A machine or container for frying food.
    • He learned to work the fryer as part of becoming a competent cook for a commercial kitchen.
  2. A fish suitable for frying.
  3. A young chicken suitable for frying; a pullet or cockerel.
    • […] it also had a yellow beak. Which meant it wasn't a layer anymore and was okay to eat. Nowadays we get yellow-legged fryers.1991, Pearl Violette Metzelthin, Ruth Reichl, Gourmet (volume 51, issues 1-6, page 60)
  4. One who fries.
    • The dolphin was also borne by the family of Fryer, with reference, as Mr. Moule suggests, to the fry or swarm of fishes (or was not their ancestor an excellent fryer of fish?); […]1842 June, “Heraldry of Fish. Notices of the principal Families bearing Fish in their Arms. By Thomas Moule. […]”, in The Gentleman’s Magazine, volume XVII, London: William Pickering; John Bowyer...

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Proper noun capitalized: Fryers

Fryers

  1. (plural) plural of Fryer

Phrases with fryers

Questions about fryers

What is fryers the plural of?
Fryers is the plural of fryer.
What part of speech is fryers?
Fryers is a proper noun.

Words near fryers in the dictionary

  1. Frydaies
  2. Frye
  3. Fryeburg
  4. fryer
  5. Fryerning
  6. fryers
  7. Fryerstown
  8. frying
  9. frying ladle
  10. frying ladles
  11. frying pan

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