Meaning

2 senses

  1. (countable)A cod (any of various fish, especially the Atlantic cod).

    lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached

  2. (uncountable)The flesh of a cod as food.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. I'm sick of eating codfish cakes.

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  2. Does he want codfish?

    deWill er Kabeljau?

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  3. Does she want codfish?

    deWill sie Kabeljau?

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  4. I ate some delicious Portuguese codfish cakes at her place.

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Origin

From cod + fish.

From cod + fish.

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Forms

plural: codfish / codfishes
Singularcodfish
Pluralcodfish / codfishes

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters:cod
  • lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached:cod

Word family

1 related words
Derivedcodfish aristocracy

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
coddlecodeA1codeinecodifycodingcoeducational
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