tempura
noun /temˈpʊərə/, /ˈtempərə/
/temˈpʊrə/, /ˈtempərə/
[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’.