fish slice

American  

noun

1. a broad-bladed kitchen implement with a long handle, for turning fish in frying.

2. Chiefly British. a broad-bladed implement for serving fish at table.

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Etymology

Origin of fish slice

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Labour's Joan Dixon told me she goes out campaigning in Derbyshire with a fish slice.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025

You shop for good fish, slice it and put it on a ball of rice.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2015

Use a fish slice to baste and turn it, so that the poori swells up.

From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2011

Graze the stalls in the covered hall and choose as you fancy�staff will cook fish, slice sashimi or shuck oysters to order.

From Time Magazine Archive

Change the cloths daily until the cheese looks mellow, then put into the rush shape with the fish slice.

From The Complete Book of Cheese by Brown, Robert Carlton