salmon

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UK /ˈsæmən/ US /ˈsælmən/

noun 5name 4adj 1verb 1

Collocations

ADJ

VERB + SALMON

eat, have | bake, cook, grill, poach, roast | fish for | catch, land | farm

SALMON + NOUN

fillet, steak | mousse, paste | farm, farming, fishing | river | pink

PHRASES

a fillet of salmon

Definitions

noun

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.

grilled salmon

salmon paté

A meal or dish made from this fish.

A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon.

The upper bricks in a kiln which receive the least heat.

snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout)

Got any salmon?

adj

Having a pale pinkish-orange colour.

Smiley and Guillam perched disconsolately beneath it, on a bench of salmon velvet.

verb

To ride a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street.

2014: "Salmon, Don't Shoal: Learning The Lingo Of Safe Cycling" by Marc Silver, NPR Some cities discourage salmoning with clever signage, like this in London: "If you can read this you are biking the wrong way."

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — of orange tinged with pink

pink-orange
pinkish-orange

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

grilled salmon

Wiktionary

salmon paté

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salmon steak

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Smiley and Guillam perched disconsolately beneath it, on a bench of salmon velvet.

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2014: "Salmon, Don't Shoal: Learning The Lingo Of Safe Cycling" by Marc Silver, NPR Some cities discourage salmoning with clever signage, like this in London: "If you can read this you are biking the

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The rest of us all had the smoked salmon.

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Usage Notes

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