Salmon - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsæmən|  American pronunciation of the word salmon
Brit.  |ˈsæmən|  British pronunciation of the word salmon

noun

- any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
- a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho
- flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae
- a pale pinkish orange color

adjective

- of orange tinged with pink

Extra examples

I can't decide between the lasagna and the salmon. Which do you recommend?

Salmon return to the stream to reproduce offspring.

The salmon is already gutted and filleted.

Pacific salmon return to Alaskan streams to deposit their spawn.

Poachers have been netting salmon to supply the black market.

I hooked a 20-pound salmon last week.

Eat the salmon because it won't keep till tomorrow.

Poach the salmon in white wine and water.

Herring is the poor man's salmon.

Salmon thrash their tails and leap from the water.

Salmon farmers are warning of the severe crisis facing the industry.

No person shall catch any salmon in the headrace or tail-race of any mill.

Supper was ready for us; the spatchcock and salmon reminded me of home.

Our fish special tonight is salmon in a lemon-cream sauce.

The salmon swims upstream to spawn

Word forms

noun
singular: salmon
plural: salmon
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