trout
noun /traʊt/
/traʊt/
- enlarge image[countable, uncountable](plural trout)a common freshwater fish that is used for food. There are several types of trout.
- rainbow trout
- trout fishing
- Shall we have trout for dinner?
- The trout spawn in late summer or autumn.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fresh
- smoked
- wild
- …
- fish for
- tickle
- catch
- …
- spawn
- fishing
- farm
- fishery
- …
- [countable, usually singular] (usually old trout)(informal, disapproving) an annoying or angry old woman
Word Originlate Old English truht, from late Latin tructa, based on Greek trōgein ‘gnaw’.