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
- Theresa
- Theresa, Mother
- there's honour among thieves
- there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle
- there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip
- there's more than one way to skin a cat
- there's more to someone (or something) than meets the eye
- there's no accounting for tastes (or taste)
- there's no fool like an old fool
- there's no law against it
- there's none so blind as those who will not see
- there's no (or little or not much) love lost between
- there's no such thing as a free lunch
- there's one (or a sucker) born every minute
- there's (or that's) —— for you
- there's safety in numbers
- the rest is history
- the Resurrection
- therethrough
- thereto
- theretofore
- thereunder
- thereunto
- thereupon
- the Revelation of St John the Divine