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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sal•a•man•der /ˈsæləˌmændɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Reptilesa small animal able to live in water or on land, having a soft, moist, scaleless skin.
- Mythologya being in myths, esp. a lizard or other reptile, that is thought to be able to live in fire.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sal•a•man•der (sal′ə man′dər),USA pronunciation n. - Reptilesany tailed amphibian of the order Caudata, having a soft, moist, scaleless skin, typically aquatic as a larva and semiterrestrial as an adult: several species are endangered.
- Mythologya mythical being, esp. a lizard or other reptile, thought to be able to live in fire.
- any of various portable stoves or burners.
- Metallurgya mass of iron that accumulates at the bottom of a blast furnace as a result of the escape of molten metal through the hearth.
- Fooda metal plate or disk with a handle, heated and held over pastry, casserole crusts, etc., to brown or glaze it.
- Foodan oven usually heated from the top and bottom by gas, for cooking, browning, and glazing food.
- Greek salamándrā
- Latin salamandra
- 1300–50; Middle English salamandre
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See sylph.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: salamander /ˈsæləˌmændə/ n - any of various urodele amphibians, such as Salamandra salamandra (European fire salamander) of central and S Europe (family Salamandridae). They are typically terrestrial, have an elongated body, and only return to water to breed
- chiefly US Canadian any urodele amphibian
- a mythical reptile supposed to live in fire
- an elemental fire-inhabiting being
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French salamandre, from Latin salamandra, from Greek |