stockfish
[ stok-fish ]
noun,plural (especially collectively) stock·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) stock·fish·es.
fish, as the cod or haddock, cured by splitting and drying in the air without salt.
Origin of stockfish
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British Dictionary definitions for stockfish
stockfish
/ (ˈstɒkˌfɪʃ) /
nounplural -fish or -fishes
fish, such as cod or haddock, cured by splitting and drying in the air
Origin of stockfish
1C13: of uncertain origin. Perhaps from stock (in the sense: stem, tree trunk) because it was dried on wooden racks. Compare Middle Dutch stocvisch
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