—trout /traʊt/
noun (FISH)
F0 [C or U] (PLURAL trout or trouts) a fish that is a popular food, especially a brown type that lives in rivers and lakes or a silver type that lives in the sea but returns to rivers to produce its eggs:
» Thousands of young salmon and trout have been killed by the pollution.» Loch Leven is famous for its trout fishing.Thesaurus+: ↑Sea fish , ↑Fish and seafoodThesaurus+: ↑Freshwater fish , ↑Fish and seafoodF0 [U] the flesh of this fish eaten as food:
» I love smoked trout, don't you?Thesaurus+: ↑Fish and seafood , ↑Sea fish , ↑Freshwater fishnoun [C] (PLURAL trouts) UK INFORMAL (PERSON)
► F0 an old person, especially a woman, who is unpleasant or not attractive: » She's a miserable old trout who complains about everything.Thesaurus+: ↑Unpleasant women