overbattered

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ battered.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

overbattered (comparative more overbattered, superlative most overbattered)

  1. (cooking) Coated in too much batter.
    • 2015 October 27, Pete Wells, “O Ya Riffs on Sushi and Sashimi in Kips Bay”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 May 2023:
      The squid-ink foam and yuzu kosho aioli may get along well with a fried oyster sitting on a drum of rice rolled in nori, but the oyster was so overbattered and overcooked I couldn’t tell.