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Definition of tempura noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tempura

noun
 
/temˈpʊərə/,
 
/ˈtempərə/
 
/temˈpʊrə/,
 
/ˈtempərə/
(from Japanese) [uncountable, countable]
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  1. 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
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    Word OriginJapanese, probably from Portuguese tempêro ‘seasoning’.
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