fritter

as in cake
a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried she loves eating corn fritters with maple syrup

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Recent Examples of fritter The Jamaican restaurant is known for dishes like jerk tofu, yuca fries, conch fritters, Key lime pie, and more. Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2025 Small bites such as the taco and cod fritter are nicely paired with standout new cocktail programming that also leans into local flavors. Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025 From an outdoor kitchen emerged a lavish feast: bruschetta topped with mangrove clams; squash soup with snails; fish fritters; sea-bass kinilaw—ceviche’s Filipino cousin—cured with lime and young-coconut vinegar. Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2025 In her youth, Snell found comfort in her family’s homemade fish fritters. Ashia Aubourg, Outside Online, 4 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for fritter
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Noun
  • However, the icing on the cake to all of this was seeing drummer Bill Ward finally get his moment with Ozzy, Iommi, and Butler.
    Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • The annual friend trip to the lake often fell on Palevsky’s birthday, and Kardashian shared a series of throwback photos and videos of her friend blowing the candles on her cakes.
    Rachel McRady, People.com, 7 July 2025
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  • The latter two are collected into patties that, after being dried in the relentless sun, make natural pectin for saguaro jam.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
  • The store also has food stations serving up burger-pizza (yes, that's hamburger patties on pizza), pasta, and sushi.
    Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025

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“Fritter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fritter. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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