deep fryer

noun

: a utensil suitable for deep-fat frying

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With interior chambers lined with perforated metal walls, the contraption somewhat resembles a fast-food restaurant’s deep fryer. Jessie Schiewe, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025 Fried-chicken sandwiches are just much better suited for restaurant kitchens, with their economies of scale; their giant, ever-burbling deep fryers; and their cooks’ hardy, pre-scarred forearms. Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 10 May 2025 In addition to housewares, apparel, and furniture, Amazon imported a wide variety of products on behalf of sellers, including refrigerators, deep fryers, mousepads, bookshelves and living room sofas. Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 9 May 2025 The good: having to plunge his hand into a deep fryer to fetch a gun. Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 8 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deep fryer

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 5 Jun. 2025.

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