scrod

American  

[skrod] / skrɒd /

Sometimes schrod

noun

Fishing, Cooking.

1. a classification of small food fish, especially a young Atlantic cod or haddock, usually prepared by filleting or splitting.

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scrod British  

/ skrɒd /

noun

1. a young cod or haddock, esp one split and prepared for cooking

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Etymology

Origin of scrod

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

Dillon Brooks scrod 23 points and Jaren Jackson Jr. added 21 for the Grizzlies, who lost a 12-point lead in the fourth quarter but recovered for their second straight victory.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2022

He had gone to sea at 17, dory-trawling for haddock, hake and scrod from ramshackle schooners on the stormy Newfoundland banks.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had an uncanny knowledge of wildlife and was not afraid of dogs or cats or beetles or moths, or of foods like scrod or tripe.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

To prepare this dish, broil the scrod according to the directions given in Art.

From Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Moreover that young and adolescent creature, commonly called a Boston scrod, which is a codfish whose voice is just changing, is not without its attractions; but the full-grown species is not a favourite of mine.

From Eating in Two or Three Languages by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)