salmon
IPA: sˈæmʌn
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.
- A meal or dish made from this fish.
- (plural salmons) A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon.
- The upper bricks in a kiln which receive the least heat.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout)
- A surname.
- A placename
- A city, the county seat of Lemhi County, Idaho, United States, situated on the Salmon River, after which it was probably named.
- The father of Boaz by Rahab; the son of Nahshon (biblical figure).
- Ellipsis of Salmon River. [A number of rivers and communities in Canada:]
verb
- (slang, intransitive) To ride a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street.
adjective
- Having a pale pinkish-orange colour.
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