salmon

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above with silvery sides and delicate pinkish-orange flesh; they ascend rivers to spawn.

   “grilled salmon”

   “salmon paté”

   “salmon steak”

2. (countable, uncountable)A meal or dish made from this fish.
3. (countable, uncountable)A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon.
4. (countable, uncountable)The upper bricks in a kiln which receive the least heat.
5. (Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable)snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout)

   “Got any salmon?”

6. (Sri-Lanka, countable, uncountable)canned fish, usually mackerel.

   “Tinned mackerel is confusingly called ‘salmon’ in Sri Lanka. So this dish, in Sinhalese, is salmon hodi, or salmon in gravy. Now that I think on it, all tinned fish in Sri Lanka is called salmon.”

   “With a thick gravy made up of onions, tomatoes, spices, and coconut milk this Sri Lankan salmon curry might breathe new life to those canned mackerels on your shelf.”

   “We manufacture canned markerel fish (salmon)”

adj

1. (not-comparable)Having a pale pinkish-orange colour.

   “Smiley and Guillam perched disconsolately beneath it, on a bench of salmon velvet.”

verb

1. (intransitive, slang)To ride a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street.

   “2014: "Salmon, Don't Shoal: Learning The Lingo Of Safe Cycling" by Marc Silver, NPR Some cities discourage salmoning with clever signage, like this in London: "If you can read this you are biking the wrong way."”

name

1. (countable, uncountable)A surname.
2. (countable, uncountable)A placename
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)A placename
4. The father of Boaz by Rahab; the son of Nahshon (biblical figure).