First Known Use: 1920
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tempura
noun tem·pu·ra \ˈtem-pə-rə, -ˌrä; tem-ˈpu̇r-ə\
: a Japanese dish that is made of seafood or vegetables that are covered in batter and fried
Full Definition of TEMPURA
: seafood or vegetables dipped in batter and fried in deep fat
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Origin of TEMPURA
Japanese tenpura
Rhymes with TEMPURA
abaca, Abdullah, Adana, agora, ahimsa, aloha, Antalya, assignat, Astana, Aymara, baccarat, baklava, Bogotá, brouhaha, cervelat, coup d'état, Cumaná, Delacroix, entrechat, feria, guarana, haftarah, haniwa, Heredia, inshallah, Kashiwa, koruna, Kostroma, la-di-da, ma-and-pa, Machida, Malinois, Mardi Gras, Masséna, Modena, moussaka, Oshawa, pakeha, panama, Panama, Paraná, parashah, pas de trois, persona, pietà, podesta, polenta, polynya, port de bras, reseda, rufiyaa, Shangri-la, ulema, usquebaugh
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