tempura
/ˈtɛmpʊrə
/noun [mass noun]
A Japanese dish of fish, shellfish, or vegetables, fried in batter.There is vegetarian sushi on offer as well as a choice of noodle dishes and tempura....
- Arrange some tempura vegetables around the dish and garnish with fried cilantro.
- To start I had the goujons of lemon sole tempura with an endive salad.
Origin
Japanese, probably from Portuguese tempêro 'seasoning'.
Rhymes
- night-stool
- night stop
- night storage heater
- night storage radiator
- night-stored
- night-swallow
- night sweat
- night table
- night telegraph letter
- night terrors
- night-tide
- night-time
- night-timer
- night trader
- night vision
- night-wake
- night waking
- night walk
- nightwalker
- nightwalking
- night wanderer
- night-wandering
- night warbler
- nightward
- nightwards