FRITTER
Dictionary entry overview: What does fritter mean?
• FRITTER (noun)
The noun FRITTER has 1 sense:
1. small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables
Familiarity information: FRITTER used as a noun is very rare.
• FRITTER (verb)
The verb FRITTER has 1 sense:
1. spend frivolously and unwisely
Familiarity information: FRITTER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FRITTER (noun)
Meaning:
Small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("fritter" is a kind of...):
friedcake (small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fritter"):
apple fritter (fritter containing sliced apple)
corn fritter (fritter containing corn or corn kernels)
• FRITTER (verb)
Meaning:
Spend frivolously and unwisely
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
fool away; fritter; fritter away; frivol away; fool; dissipate; shoot
Context example:
Fritter away one's inheritance
Hypernyms (to "fritter" is one way to...):
consume; squander; ware; waste (spend extravagantly)
"Fritter" entails doing...:
consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out (use up (resources or materials))
Sentence frame:
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