1. young chickens suitable for frying, typically weighing 2.5 to 4 pounds
2. appliances or equipment used for deep-frying food

Examples

• The grocery store had fresh fryers on sale for Sunday dinner.
• We bought two fryers from the local farm for the barbecue.
• The restaurant uses commercial fryers to prepare their famous chicken.
• These electric fryers make cooking french fries much easier.
• The butcher recommended the fryers over the older hens for frying.
• Industrial fryers can cook large batches of food quickly.
• The fryers were perfectly sized for our family meal.