Fryer

English

Noun

Fryer (plural Fryers)

1. A container for frying food.
2. A young chicken suitable for frying; a pullet

Derived terms

• deep-fat fryer

Thesaurus

Bantam, Cornish hen, banty, barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl, biddy, birdling, broiler, brooder, broody hen, caille, calf, canard, caneton, capon, catling, chanticleer, chapon, chick, chickabiddy, chicken, chickling, chicky, cock, cockerel, colt, cub, dindon, dogie, domestic fowl, drake, duck, duckling, dunghill fowl, faisan, fawn, fledgling, foal, fowl, game fowl, gander, gobbler, goose, gosling, grouse, guinea cock, guinea fowl, guinea hen, hen, hen turkey, kid, kit, kitten, lamb, lambkin, litter, nest, nestling, oie, partlet, partridge, pheasant, pigeon, pigeonneau, piglet, pigling, polliwog, poulard, poulet, poult, poultry, pullet, pup, puppy, quail, roaster, rooster, setting hen, shoat, spring chicken, squab, stewing chicken, tadpole, tom, tom turkey, turkey, turkey gobbler, turkey-cock, volaille, weaner, whelp, wild duck, yeanling

Alternative forms

• frier

Etymology

fry

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪə(r)
• Homophone: friar

Anagrams

• ferry, refry