salt cod

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

salt cod (plural salt cods)

  2. Cod, especially [Atlantic] cod, that has been caught and salted.
    Hypernyms: saltfish (often elliptically synonymous), fish < seafood < food
    2. (often specifically) That which has been both dried and salted.
      Synonyms: klipfish, clipfish
      Hypernyms: saltfish (often elliptically synonymous), fish < seafood < food
      Coordinate term: stockfish (dried without salt)

Translations

Note that in some Romance languages, the words for cod and salt cod are the same (for example, bacalao, bacalhau, baccalà) – cod is implicitly salted, as it is not local.

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