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

Step 4: Add a smear of wasabi to one side of the rice block and place a fish slice on top, gently pressing to secure it.

From Time Magazine Archive

While the blotcher is being carved with a spoon—there is no fish slice among the chattels of Mr Murdock—the priest in good appetite, and high glee, pronounces it “crimp.”

From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne