Word Meanings - FRITTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the substance inclosed in the batter; as, apple fritters, clam fritters, oyster fritters. 2. A fragment; a shred; a small piece.

Additional info about word: FRITTER

1. A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the substance inclosed in the batter; as, apple fritters, clam fritters, oyster fritters. 2. A fragment; a shred; a small piece. And cut whole giants into fritters. Hudibras. Corn fritter. See under Corn.

Related words: (words related to FRITTER)

• FRIVOL
  To act frivolously; to trifle. Kipling. -- Friv"ol*er , Friv"ol*ler, n.
• FRIENDLINESS
  The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney.
• FRICATRICE
  A lewd woman; a harlot. B. Jonson.
• NAMELESSLY
  In a nameless manner.
• SHRIEVE
  A sheriff. Shak.
• SHROWD
  See SHROOD
• FRIENDED
  1. Having friends; 2. Iuclined to love; well-disposed. Shak.
• NAMABLE
  Capable of being named.
• FRIZZLER
  One who frizzles.
• FRIVOLISM
  Frivolity. Pristley.
• FRIBBLE
  Frivolous; trifling; sily.
• OYSTERLING
  A young oyster.
• FRIEZED
  Gathered, or having the map gathered, into little tufts, knots, or protuberances. Cf. Frieze, v. t., and Friz, v. t.,
• FRIGHTFUL
  1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. 2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. Syn.
• FRIESISH
  Friesic.
• SHRIGHT
  imp. & p. p. of Shriek. She cried alway and shright. Chaucer.
• SHRILL-TONGUED
  Having a shrill voice. "When shrill-tongued Fulvia scolds." Shak.
• FRISETTE; FRIZETTE
  a fringe of hair or curls worn about the forehead by women.
• NAMELESS
  1. Without a name; not having been given a name; as, a nameless star. Waller. 2. Undistinguished; not noted or famous. A nameless dwelling and an unknown name. Harte. 3. Not known or mentioned by name; anonymous; as, a nameless writer."Nameless
• SHRILLNESS
  The quality or state of being shrill.
• DYNAMO
  A dynamo-electric machine.
• BUNSEN'S BATTERY; BUNSEN'S BURNER
  See BURNER
• WATER SHREW
  Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew , is rarely seen, owing to its nocturnal habits.
• DYNAMOMETRY
  The art or process of measuring forces doing work.
• OVERBOIL
  To boil over or unduly. Nor is discontent to keep the mind Deep in its fountain, lest it overboil In the hot throng. Byron.
• UNFRIEND
  One not a friend; an enemy. Carlyle.
• SPARPIECE
  The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece. Gwilt.
• ROYSTER; ROYSTERER
  same as Roister, Roisterer.
• PINEAPPLE
  A tropical plant ; also, its fruit; -- so called from the resemblance of the latter, in shape and external appearance, to the cone of the pine tree. Its origin is unknown, though conjectured to be American.