Salmon is the pink flesh of this fish which is eaten as food. It is often smoked and eaten raw.
... a splendid lunch of smoked salmon.
salmon in British English
(ˈsæmən)
nounWord forms: plural-ons or -on
1.
any soft-finned fish of the family Salmonidae, esp Salmo salar of the Atlantic and Oncorhynchus species (sockeye, Chinook, etc) of the Pacific, which are important food fishes. They occur in cold and temperate waters and many species migrate to fresh water to spawn
2. Australian
any of several unrelated fish, esp the Australian salmon
3. short for salmon pink
Word origin
C13: from Old French saumon, from Latin salmō; related to Late Latin salar trout
Salmon in American English
(ˈsæmən)
river in central Ida., flowing into the Snake River: 420 mi (676 km)
salmon in American English
(ˈsæmən)
nounWord forms: pluralˈsalmon or ˈsalmons
1.
any of several salmonoid food and game fishes (esp. genera Oncorhynchus and Salmo) of the Northern Hemisphere, with silver scales and flesh that is yellowish pink to pale red when cooked: they usually live in salt water and spawn in fresh water
2.
yellowish pink or pale red
: also salmon pink
Word origin
ME salmoun < MFr < OFr saumon < L salmo (gen. salmonis) < ?
salmon in Hospitality
(sæmən)
noun
(Hospitality (hotel): Food and drink, fish and seafood)
Salmon is the orangey-pink flesh of a large silver-colored fish which is eaten as food.It is often smoked and eaten raw.
COLLOCATIONS: smoked ~
The fish course is smoked salmon served on salad.
The wedding party enjoyed a luxurious appetizer of smoked salmon with champagne.
The fish of the day is a salmon fillet with lemon sauce.
Place the skinned salmon on a large tear of clingfilm.
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In a bowl blend the raw minced salmon with the egg white and chopped dill.
Conil, Jean & Conil, Christopher (ed) A Passion for Food (1989)
This is especially true if you are using wild salmon.
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The key to this classic dish is an exceptionally fresh fillet of salmon.
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This is bad news for anglers fishing for salmon.
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There is no evidence of the condition in wild trout or farmed salmon or trout.
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Buyers may have been put off by old red cars that have faded to salmon pink.
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Mum made fresh salmon pâté to complement our sips.
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They killed boar in the forest and fished salmon from the rivers.
Brennan, J. H. A Guide to Megalithic Ireland (1992)
Her parents were marine biologists who ran a salmon and trout farm.
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The salmon were spawning and for once in the year you know precisely where the bears will be.
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Salmon return to spawn where they were born, making monitoring and maintaining stocks relatively easy.
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Combine potatoes, onion and salmon in a larger bowl.
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A sweeter riesling is a perfect partner for raw salmon.
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In recent weeks eight alien pink salmon have been caught off the northern English coast and in tidal rivers.
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He'd go out at night and snag spawning salmon and bring them back to freeze and smoke and put up in jars.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I thought it was important to eat things such as salmon and mackerel because we need the omega-3.
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Word lists with
salmon
baby and young animals, Types of fish
In other languages
salmon
British English: salmon /ˈsæmən/ NOUN
A salmon is a large edible silver-coloured fish with pink flesh.
American English: salmon
Arabic: سَلْمُون
Brazilian Portuguese: salmão
Chinese: 大马哈鱼
Croatian: losos
Czech: losos
Danish: laks
Dutch: zalm
European Spanish: salmón
Finnish: lohi
French: saumon
German: Lachs
Greek: σολομός
Italian: salmone
Japanese: サケ 魚
Korean: 연어
Norwegian: laks
Polish: łosoś
European Portuguese: salmão
Romanian: somon
Russian: лосось
Latin American Spanish: salmón
Swedish: lax
Thai: ปลาแซลมอน
Turkish: somon balığı
Ukrainian: лосось
Vietnamese: cá hồi
All related terms of 'salmon'
chum salmon
a large salmon ( Oncorhynchus keta ) with pale flesh , found in the N Pacific
dog salmon
→ chum salmon
king salmon
→ chinook salmon
pink salmon
any salmon having pale pink flesh , esp Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, of the Pacific Ocean
red salmon
any salmon having reddish flesh , esp the sockeye salmon
rock salmon
(formerly) any of several coarse fishes when used as food, esp the dogfish or wolffish : now called rockfish or catfish
salmon farm
an enclosed area of water devoted to the rearing of salmon for food
salmon pink
Something that is salmon pink or salmon is the orangey-pink colour of a salmon's flesh .
salmon ladder
a series of steps in a river designed to enable salmon to bypass a dam and move upstream to their breeding grounds
salmon steak
a thick slice of salmon
salmon trout
any of various large trout , esp the sea trout
silver salmon
→ coho
smoked salmon
Smoked salmon is the flesh of a salmon which is smoked and eaten raw.
Chinook salmon
a Pacific salmon , Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, valued as a food fish
quinnat salmon
→ chinook salmon
salmon fishing
the sport of angling for salmon
sockeye salmon
a red-fleshed salmon ( Oncorhynchus nerka ) of the N Pacific : it is an endangered species
Australian salmon
a large food and game fish of Australian and New Zealand coastal waters , Arripis trutta, that is greenish grey to silvery underneath and spotted with brown : resembles a salmon but is in fact a marine perch
coho
a Pacific salmon , Oncorhynchus kisutch
Chinese translation of 'salmon'
salmon
(ˈsæmən)
Word forms:plsalmon
n(c/u)
大马(馬)哈鱼(魚) (dàmǎhāyú) (条(條), tiáo)
smoked salmon熏(薰)制(製)的大马(馬)哈鱼(魚) (xūnzhì de dàmǎhāyú)