Salamander

Quick meaning: Salamander is a noun meaning A long, slender, chiefly terrestrial amphibian of the order Caudata, superficially resembling a lizard.

Meaning

A long, slender, chiefly terrestrial amphibian of the order Caudata, superficially resembling a lizard.

More Meanings

1. (cooking) A metal utensil with a flat head which is heated and put over a dish to brown the top.
2. (UK, obsolete) A large poker.
3. (metallurgy, uncountable) Solidified material in a furnace hearth.
4. (construction) A portable stove used to heat or dry buildings under construction.
5. (mythology) A creature much like a lizard that is resistant to and lives in fire (in which it is often depicted in heraldry), hence the elemental being of fire.
6. (cooking) A small broiler (North America) or grill (Britain) that heats the food from above, used in professional cookery primarily for browning.
7. (archaic) A pouched gopher (Geomys pinetis etc.)

Example Sentences

The chef first put the steak under the salamander to sear the outside.

“Not a chance, Ranger,” Bob Mason was speaking. “This little cuss is a salamander. He's been travelling through fire all day and there isn't a blister on him. …”

Multitudes had little Tin Kettles in their Houses, with Small-coal kindled, to light their Pipes withal; though in some places they use Candles, in others Salamanders

The salamander, a fairly long metal utensil with a flat rounded head, was left in the fire until red hot and then used to brown the top of a dish without further cooking.

Word Forms

• salamanders
• salamandering
• salamandered

Synonyms for salamander

Depending on context, synonyms include poker.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include poker, newt, eft, cheer, lungless, caudatan.

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