fryer
/ˈfraɪər/
noun
- A young chicken that is suitable for frying.
- We bought a fryer from the farm for Sunday dinner.
- Fryers are usually smaller and more tender than roasting chickens.
- The recipe calls for a whole fryer, cut into pieces.
- A deep pan or appliance used for frying food.
- She heated oil in the electric fryer to make french fries.
- Be careful not to overfill the fryer with oil.
- The restaurant's commercial fryer can cook fifty pieces of chicken at once.