stockfish

American  

[stok-fish] / ˈstɒkˌfɪʃ /

noun

plural

stockfish,

plural

stockfishes

1. fish, as the cod or haddock, cured by splitting and drying in the air without salt.

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stockfish British  

/ ˈstɒkˌfɪʃ /

noun

1. fish, such as cod or haddock, cured by splitting and drying in the air

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Etymology

Origin of stockfish

1250–1300; Middle English stocfish < Middle Dutch stocvisch. See stock, fish

Example Sentences

Calabria is famous for stockfish – dried cod, which is generally prepared with pasta.

From The Guardian • Mar. 5, 2020

Every time I left my guesthouse I’d stop for a $5 baccalà mantecato, pungent creamed stockfish on toast, along the pastel waterfront just off the Rialto Market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2018

Hakluyt said: "To speak of Iceland is little need; save of stockfish."

From Time Magazine Archive

I was given a meal, ground yam and soup made of stockfish, melon, vegetables, meat and stock.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Are you silently condemning me for profiteering from the war? Somebody had to import the stockfish, you know.”

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie