stockfish

[ stok-fish ]

/ ˈstɒkˌfɪʃ /

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

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

Words nearby stockfish

stock dividend, stock dove, stocker, stock exchange, stock farm, stockfish, stock footage, stock guard, Stockhausen, stockholder, stockholder of record

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Example sentences from the Web for stockfish

Flesh and blood he is like other men, but surely nature meant him stockfish.
Character Writings of the 17th Century|Various
That is full of old armour, and dried herrings, and stockfish.
Grisly Grisell|Charlotte M. Yonge
The stockfish is a dried and cured cod, split open and with the head removed.
A Complete Guide to Heraldry|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
M'Intyre had to thaw his nose three times, and my chin and ears had twice got as hard as bits o' stockfish.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland|Various

Salt fish (stockfish) is one of the principal articles of diet of the peasantry.
Jamaican Song and Story|Walter Jekyll

British Dictionary definitions for stockfish

stockfish

/ (ˈstɒkˌfɪʃ) /

noun plural -fish or -fishes

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

Word Origin for stockfish

C13: 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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单词	stockfish
释义	stockfish [ stok-fish ] / ˈstɒkˌfɪʃ / 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 1250–1300; Middle English stocfish<Middle Dutch stocvisch.See stock, fish Words nearby stockfish stock dividend, stock dove, stocker, stock exchange, stock farm, stockfish, stock footage, stock guard, Stockhausen, stockholder, stockholder of record Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stockfish Flesh and blood he is like other men, but surely nature meant him stockfish. Character Writings of the 17th Century\|Various That is full of old armour, and dried herrings, and stockfish. Grisly Grisell\|Charlotte M. Yonge The stockfish is a dried and cured cod, split open and with the head removed. A Complete Guide to Heraldry\|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies M'Intyre had to thaw his nose three times, and my chin and ears had twice got as hard as bits o' stockfish. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland\|Various Salt fish (stockfish) is one of the principal articles of diet of the peasantry. Jamaican Song and Story\|Walter Jekyll British Dictionary definitions for stockfish stockfish / (ˈstɒkˌfɪʃ) / noun plural -fish or -fishes fish, such as cod or haddock, cured by splitting and drying in the air Word Origin for stockfish C13: of uncertain origin. Perhaps from stock (in the sense: stem, tree trunk) because it was dried on wooden racks. Compare Middle Dutch stocvisch Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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