Synonyms for salmon
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sam-uh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæm ən |
Top 10 synonyms for salmon Other synonyms for the word salmon
- bloodshot
- brick
- burgundy
- cantaloupe
- carmine
- carrot
- cerise
- cherry
- chestnut
- claret
- copper
- coral
- dahlia
- florid
- flush
- flushed
- fuchsia
- garnet
- geranium
- healthy
- inflamed
- infrared
- magenta
- peach
- pink
- puce
- red-yellow
- rose
- roseate
- rosy
- rubicund
- ruby
- ruddy
- rufescent
- russet
- rust
- salmon
- sanguine
- scarlet
- tangerine
- titian
- vermilion
Définition of salmon
Origin :- early 13c., from Anglo-French samoun, Old French salmun (Modern French saumon), from Latin salmonem (nominative salmo) "a salmon," probably originally "leaper," from salire "to leap" (see salient (adj.)), though some dismiss this as folk etymology. Another theory traces it to Celtic. Replaced Old English læx, from PIE *lax, the more usual word for the fish (see lox). In reference to a color, from 1786.
- As in orange : noun combination of red and yellow
- As in pink : noun rose color
- As in red : noun color of blood; shade resembling such a color
- Now this Salmon, according to the genealogy, was David's great-grandfather.
- Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza
- Yet its use is absolutely indispensable to the salmon angler on the Spey.
- Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
- Have ready a small tureen of lobster sauce to accompany the salmon.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- Heat it over again, and send it to table with salmon or fresh cod.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- The weir had been erected to pen the Chenook salmon from going further up-stream.
- Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
- He contradicted Flipfield dead, before he had eaten his salmon.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- The first saw-mill was erected at Salmon Falls as early as 1635.
- Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle
- Larger fish, such as cod and salmon, are fried in the shape of cutlets.
- Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
- If the salmon is served cold, the tartare sauce is poured over it.
- Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
- The spores are yellowish or salmon color when caught on white paper, 7.5–105–6.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
Antonyms for salmon
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