Salumi

Quick meaning: Salumi is a noun meaning plural of salume (“cured or cooked meat”).

Meaning

plural of salume (“cured or cooked meat”).

More Meanings

1. Synonym of salume (“cured or cooked meat”).

Example Sentences

City Winery, at 155 Varick Street, is also […] a restaurant with gleaming displays of cheese and salumi, and an event space for classes and tastings.

High on one wall are glass cases where home-cured salumis are hung to age, like a cross between an Italian salumeria and a museum of natural history.

The American Salumi Calendar 2011 celebrates a new generation of cured meat artisans […] Some salumi are made from whole muscles — these include coppa, prosciutto, and guinciale."

Knowing when the salumi is ready is also critical, if not downright nerve-racking. While some salumi is sliced as young as three weeks, their best-selling prosciutto is aged for as long as two years.

Word Forms

• salumis

Synonyms for salumi

Depending on context, synonyms include charcuterie, salume.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include salume, salami, charcuterie, smallgoods, salumeria, salmi.

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