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sea·food

(sē′fo͞od′)

Edible fish or shellfish from the sea.

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seafood

(ˈsiːˌfuːd)

(Cookery) edible saltwater fish or shellfish

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sea•food

(ˈsiˌfud)

n.

any fish or shellfish from the sea used for food.

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Noun

seafood - edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc

solid food, food - any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment; "food and drink"

saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food

freshwater fish - flesh of fish from fresh water used as food

calamari, calamary, squid - (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food

octopus - tentacles of octopus prepared as food

winkle, periwinkle - small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked

whelk - large marine snail much used as food in Europe

shellfish - meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)

prawn, shrimp - any of various edible decapod crustaceans

whitefish - any market fish--edible saltwater fish or shellfish--except herring

hard roe, roe - fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture

milt, soft roe - fish sperm or sperm-filled reproductive gland; having a creamy texture

seafood

Seafood

abalone, anchovy, Balmain bug (Austral.), barramundi, bass, blackfish, bloater, blue cod, bonito, bream, brill, butterfish, callop, carp, catfish, clam, clappy-doo or clabby-doo (Scot.), cockle, coalfish or saithe, cockle, cod, codling, crab, crayfish or crawfish, dab, dogfish, dorado, Dover sole, Dublin Bay prawn, eel, flounder, gemfish, grayling, Greenland halibut, haddock, hake, halibut, herring, huss, jewfish, John Dory, kahawai or Australian salmon, kingfish, king prawn, kipper, langoustine, lemon sole, ling, lobster, lumpfish, mackerel, marron, megrim, monkfish, Moreton Bay bug (Austral.), morwong, mullet, mulloway, mussel, nannygai, Norway lobster, octopus, oyster, parrotfish, perch, pike, pilchard, pipi, plaice, pollack, pomfret, pout, prawn, queenie or queen scallop, rainbow trout, redfish, red snapper, roach, rockfish, salmon, sardine, scallop or scollop, sea cucumber, shad, shark, shrimp, sild, skate, skipjack tuna, snapper, snoek, snook, sockeye or red salmon, sole, sprat, squid, swordfish, tarakihi or terakihi, teraglin, tiger prawn, tilefish, trevally (Austral. & N.Z.), trout, tuna or tunny, turbot, wahoo, whelk, whitebait, whiting, winkle, witch, wolffish, yabby or yabbie (Austral.), yellow belly (Austral.), zander

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Translations

الَأطْعِمَةُ البَحْرِيَّةسَمَك، مأكولات بَحْرِيَّه، صَدَفمَطْعَم مأكولات بَحْرِيَّه

mořské plodymořských jídelplody moře

skaldyr

Meeresfrüchte

θαλασσινά

marisco

kala- ja äyriäisruoat

fruits de merfruit de mer

morski rakovi, školjke i ribe

halételektengeri hal

fiskmetis-, sjávarfangs-sæfang, fiskmeti

frutti di mare

シーフード

해산물

zeevruchten

sjømat

owoce morza

frutos do mar marisco

морепродукты

potrava z mora

morska hrana

fisk- och skaldjur

อาหารทะเล

deniz mahsulü/ürünüdeniz ürünlerideniz ürünü

hải sản

海鲜海鲜的海味海味的

seafood

[ˈsiːfuːd]

A. N → marisco m, mariscos mpl

B. CPD seafood cocktail N → cóctel m de marisco(s)
seafood restaurant N → marisquería f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

seafood

[ˈsiːfuːd]

n → fruits mpl de mer
I don't like seafood → Je n'aime pas les fruits de mer.

modif [restaurant] → de fruits de mer; [salad] → de fruits de mer; [industry] → des fruits de mer seafood platterseafood platter n → plateau m de fruits de mer

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

seafood

[ˈsiːˌfuːd] n → frutti mpl di mare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sea

(siː) noun

1. (often with the) the mass of salt water covering most of the Earth's surface. I enjoy swimming in the sea; over land and sea; The sea is very deep here; (also adjective) A whale is a type of large sea animal.

2. a particular area of sea. the Baltic Sea; These fish are found in tropical seas.

3. a particular state of the sea. mountainous seas.

ˈseaward(s) adverb

towards the sea; away from the land. The yacht left the harbour and sailed seawards.

ˈseaboard noun

the seacoast. the eastern seaboard of the United States.

sea breeze

a breeze blowing from the sea towards the land.

ˈseafaring adjective

of work or travel on ships. a seafaring man.

ˈseafood noun

fish, especially shellfish.

adjective

seafood restaurants.

ˈseafront noun

a promenade or part of a town with its buildings facing the sea.

ˈsea-going adjective

designed and equipped for travelling on the sea. a sea-going yacht.

ˈseagull noun

a gull.

sea level

the level of the surface of the sea used as a base from which the height of land can be measured. three hundred metres above sea level.

ˈsea-lion noun

a type of large seal.

ˈseaman – plural ˈseamen – noun

a sailor, especially a member of a ship's crew who is not an officer.

ˈseaport noun

a port on the coast.

ˈseashell noun

the (empty) shell of a sea creature.

ˈseashore noun

the land close to the sea.

ˈseasick adjective

ill because of the motion of a ship at sea. Were you seasick on the voyage?

ˈseasickness noun

ˈseaside noun

(usually with the) a place beside the sea. We like to go to the seaside in the summer.

ˈseaweed noun

plants growing in the sea. The beach was covered with seaweed.

ˈseaworthy adjective

(negative unseaworthy) (of a ship) suitably built and in good enough condition to sail at sea.

ˈseaworthiness noun

at sea

1. on a ship and away from land. He has been at sea for four months.

2. puzzled or bewildered. Can I help you? You seem all at sea.

go to sea

to become a sailor. He wants to go to sea.

put to sea

to leave the land or a port. They planned to put to sea the next day.

seafood

→ الَأطْعِمَةُ البَحْرِيَّة mořské plody skaldyr Meeresfrüchte θαλασσινά marisco kala- ja äyriäisruoat fruits de mer morski rakovi, školjke i ribe frutti di mare シーフード 해산물 zeevruchten sjømat owoce morza frutos do mar, marisco морепродукты fisk- och skaldjur อาหารทะเล deniz ürünü hải sản 海鲜

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