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calamary

calamary

4.1
A dish of cooked squid often served in Italian restaurants
  • noun
  • /ˈkæləməri/
translation icon : calamares
  • Fried calamary is a popular dish at seafood festivals along the coast.

Examples

  • I love fried calamary with marinara sauce.

  • She ordered the calamary as an appetizer at the Italian restaurant.

  • She ordered the calamary as an appetizer at the Italian restaurant.

  • The chef recommended grilled calamary with lemon and herbs.

  • Have you tried calamary at that new Italian restaurant?

  • The chef recommended grilled calamary with lemon and herbs.

  • Fried calamary is a popular dish at seafood festivals along the coast.

Synonyms

calamari
vscalamary
25 4.4

Cooked squid served as food, often fried and eaten before the main meal

is the same meaning but written in a different form
squid
vscalamary
14 1.6

Flesh of a sea animal often served fried or grilled

is the prepared food version often served in Italian cooking

Surface Forms

calamary singular
calamaries plural

Etymology

The word calamary comes from Italian calamari ('squid') and from the Latin calamarium ('ink pot'), because squids make ink. So, thinking of a squid's ink is an easy way to remember that calamary means squid prepared and eaten as food.