salm‧on /ˈsæmən/ noun
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Anglo-French; Origin: salmun, from Latin salmo]

1. (plural salmon) [countable] a large fish with silver skin and pink flesh that lives in the sea but swims up rivers to lay its eggs

2. [uncountable] this fish eaten as food
fresh/smoked salmon

3. [uncountable] a pink-orange colour

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

salmon
noun
ADJ. fresh | wild | farmed | smoked | tinned | pink, red
VERB + SALMON eat, have | bake, cook, grill, poach, roast | fish for | catch, land | farm
SALMON + NOUN fillet, steak | mousse, paste | farm, farming, fishing | river | pink a salmon-pink shirt
PHRASES a fillet of salmon

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