salmon

IPA: sˈæmʌn

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:]

Examples of "salmon" in Sentences

I like smoked salmon.
The salmon swims upriver to spawn.
The color of this salmon is special.
The estuary is situated south of the Salmon River.
Salmon run and spawn in the upper part of the river.
It is the smallest and most abundant of the Pacific salmon.
There were deer and elk in the mountains and salmon and trout in the rivers.
If the farmed salmon is native, it can interbreed with the wild native salmon.
The river Moy in the northeast of the county is renowned for its salmon fishing.
It has been obligated by the Endangered Species Act to spend billions of dollars on salmon restoration in western rivers.