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stockfish

American

[stok-fish] / ˈstɒkˌfɪʃ /

noun

plural

stockfish,

plural

stockfishes

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

stockfish British

/ ˈstɒkˌfɪʃ /

noun

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

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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

She was leaving with small bags of cornmeal and egg yolk and two pieces of stockfish when Okoromadu arrived.

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

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