tempura
noun/temˈpʊərə/, /ˈtempərə/
/temˈpʊrə/, /ˈtempərə/
(from Japanese) [uncountable, countable]- a Japanese dish consisting of pieces of vegetables or fish that have been fried in batter (= a mixture of flour, egg and water)Oxford Collocations DictionaryTempura is used before these nouns:
- baton
Word OriginJapanese, probably from Portuguese tempêro ‘seasoning’.Want to learn more?
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