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Definition: Fryer |
FryerNoun1. Flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fryer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonyms: FryerSynonyms: frier (n), pullet (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Fryer |
| Specialty definitions using "fryer": baker, doughnut ♦ cruller maker ♦ DOUGHNUT MAKER. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Dixie Fryer (1960) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Ricardo, New Mexico. Fireman C.P. Fryer in his cab on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad, between Clovis and Vaughn, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Fryer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 69.86% of the time. "Fryer" is used about 73 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 69.86% | 51 | 47,619 |
| Noun (proper) | 30.14% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Total | 100.00% | 73 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "fryer" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Fryer | Last name | 3,000 | 4,310 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "fryer": deep fryer. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "fryer": chip-fryer. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
deep fryer | 633 | gas fryer | 14 |
turkey fryer | 316 | pitco fryer | 13 |
fryer | 189 | ventless fryer | 13 |
deep fryer recipe | 55 | euro pro deep fryer | 13 |
deep fat fryer | 50 | bravetti deep fryer | 11 |
turkey fryer recipe | 44 | stainless steel turkey fryer | 11 |
commercial deep fryer | 38 | delonghi fryer | 10 |
delonghi deep fryer | 36 | restaurant deep fryer | 9 |
fish fryer | 33 | fryer morrone turkey | 9 |
electric fryer | 30 | t fal deep fryer | 9 |
turkey deep fryer | 29 | counter top fryer | 9 |
pressure fryer | 24 | dean fryer | 9 |
commercial fryer | 24 | deep fryer review | 9 |
funnel cake fryer | 19 | fryer machine | 9 |
presto deep fryer | 19 | electronic fryer | 8 |
deep fryer electric | 19 | nesco deep fryer | 8 |
rival deep fryer | 18 | euro pro fryer | 8 |
waring deep fryer | 16 | propane fryer | 8 |
donut fryer | 15 | ge deep fryer | 7 |
chicken fryer | 14 | fryer basket | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "fryer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 炸" (frier). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stegepølse (sausage for frying), slagtet hanekylling, slagtekylling (broiler, chicken). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pollame, mestkip (broiler), braadworst (sausage for frying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | teuraskananpoika, kananpoika (broiler, chicken), grillimakkara (sausage for frying), broileri (broiler, chicken, young foul, young hen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | saucisse griller (sausage for frying), saucisse frire (sausage for frying), poulet d'engraissement, poulet de chair. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Bratpfanne (casserole, frying pan, griddle, saucepan, skillet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κάτι τηγανιζόμενο, κοτόπουλο προς πάχυνση, λουκάνικο για ψήσιμο (sausage for frying), τηγανίζων. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | salsiccia da arrosto (sausage for frying), pollo d'arrosto, pollo da ingrasso. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 揚'鍋 (deep fryer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | あ'なべ (deep fryer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yerfray salsicha para fritar (sausage for frying). (various references) pui bun de prãjit, persoanã care prãjeşte peşte. (various references) mlado pile. (various references) salchicha (banger, bratwurst, Frankfurter, hot dog, sausage), pollo de engorde, pollo cebón. (various references) stekkyckling, stekkorv (sausage for frying), slaktkyckling (broiler). (various references) เครื่องทอ"อาหาร. (various references) tava (broiler, fried, frier, frying pan, pan, skillet), kızartmalık piliç (frier, roaster), aşçı (cook, gippo). (various references) сковорода (dripping pan, pan). (various references) g giò để rán (frier). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fryer": fryers. (additional references) | |
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"Fryer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fayer, Ferier, Feyer, forye, fraer, frayer, Freyer, Friere, frior, frter, fryde, fryed, fryes, fryor, fryud, fyra, fyre, fyrr, Ryer, tryer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fryer" (pronounced frī"er) |
| 4 | f r ī" er | friar, frier. |
| 3 | -r ī" er | briar, brier, crier, drier, dryer, prier, prior, pryer, Trier. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ferry, refry. | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-r-r-y" | |
-2 letters: err, fer, fey, fry, ref, rye. | |
-3 letters: ef, er, re, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-r-r-y" | |
+1 letter: fryers, rarefy. | |
+2 letters: fernery, ferrety, forayer, forgery, riflery, terrify, torrefy. | |
+3 letters: affrayer, defrayer, farriery, feretory, ferrying, ferryman, ferrymen, forayers, forestry, foreyard, formerly, frippery, funerary, furriery, refinery, refrying, repurify, reverify, wayfarer. | |
+4 letters: affrayers, defrayers, ferrotype, ferryboat, foreyards, offertory, perfumery, prayerful, prefatory, rarefying, recertify, refectory, refortify, wayfarers, wolfberry. | |
+5 letters: bodysurfer, coryneform, effrontery, ferrotypes, ferryboats, fraternity, freestyler, inferiorly, precertify, preferably, refractory, terrifying, torrefying. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 72 79 65 72 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .-. -.--. . .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01110010 01111001 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F r y e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0072 0079 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4084917184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Names: Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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