Salmon
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsæmən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Salmon is a noun meaning A meal or dish made from this fish.
Meaning
A meal or dish made from this fish.
More Meanings
- (plural salmons) A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon.
- The upper bricks in a kiln which receive the least heat.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout)
- (Sri Lanka) canned fish, usually mackerel.
- Having a pale pinkish-orange colour.
- (zoology) One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above with silvery sides and delicate pinkish-orange flesh; they ascend rivers to spawn.
- (slang, intransitive) To ride a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street.
Example Sentences
salmon steak
grilled salmon
Got any salmon?
We manufacture canned markerel fish (salmon)
Word Forms
- salmons
- salmoning
- salmoned
Synonyms for salmon
Depending on context, synonyms include lax, lox.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sockeye, trout, quinnat, coho, salmonid, steelhead.
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