hake

American  

[heyk] / heɪk /

noun

plural

hake,

plural

hakes

1. any marine fish of the genus Merluccius, closely related to the cods, especially M. bilinearis, found off the New England coast.

2. any of several related marine fishes, especially of the genus Urophycis.

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hake ¹ British  

/ heɪk /

noun

1. any gadoid food fish of the genus Merluccius, such as M. merluccius (European hake), of the N hemisphere, having an elongated body with a large head and two dorsal fins

2. any North American fish of the genus Urophycis, similar and related to Merluccius species

3. another name for barracouta

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hake ² British  

/ heɪk /

noun

1. a wooden frame for drying cheese or fish

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Etymology

Origin of hake

1275–1325; Middle English; special use of Old English haca hook; compare Middle Low German haken kipper salmon

Example Sentences

Nearly 30,000 Chinook salmon were wasted as bycatch in the Canadian trawl fishery, which was targeting hake and walleye pollock, a new report from Canadian fisheries officials found.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024

John Torode: "I love the crispy batter on the outside of that piece of hake. The hake inside is really lovely and flakes apart. The chips are great. Your mushy peas are fab."

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2023

The crew swiftly unloaded their catch, using a crane to lift ice-packed crates of haddock and hake from the hold of the Aquila under bright spotlights.

From New York Times • May 31, 2023

Just because you're out for a pollock or a hake or some other sort of fish, if there's salmon in the area, I'm sorry, you don't get to fish there.

From Salon • May 10, 2022

Dale replied he’d had just about enough of setting by the shipping lane in soup fog for a dozen silvers, a few dogfish, a couple of hake, and what’s more taking flack off his radio.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson