salami

American  

[suh-lah-mee] / səˈlɑ mi /

noun

1. a kind of sausage, originally Italian, often flavored with garlic.

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salami British  

/ səˈlɑːmɪ /

noun

1. a highly seasoned type of sausage, usually flavoured with garlic

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Etymology

Origin of salami

1850–55; < Italian, plural of salame < Vulgar Latin *salāmen, equivalent to *salā ( re ) to salt + Latin -men noun suffix; sal

Example Sentences

I order the Classic Italian with prosciutto, ham, salami and provolone.

From Los Angeles Times

“Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer,” Tiefer added.

From Salon

For meat, a classic hard salami and a thinner meat like prosciutto should do.

From Salon

“Exactly,” Hilton continued, explaining how his family had a salami business in Hungary and he had gotten his hands plenty dirty in the past, “doing every aspect of making sausage, including killing the pigs.”

From Los Angeles Times

Vachon, who long taught a class on charcuterie — “we do pâtés, terrines,” he said — was particularly proud of the dry-aging refrigerators, where salami hung.

From Los Angeles Times