cured
- adjective
- /kjʊrd/
:
curado
- At the deli, I bought a sandwich with cured ham and Swiss cheese.
And we also got the Italian antipasti, dried cured salmon, samini, salt salami.
- And we also got the Italian antipasti, dried cured salmon, samini, salt salami.
Examples
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For breakfast, I enjoyed a bagel topped with cream cheese and cured salmon.
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I see some sea salt on there, pastrami, cured salmon, cream cheese.
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And we also got the Italian antipasti, dried cured salmon, samini, salt salami.
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The chef served a delicious platter of cured meats, including prosciutto and salami.
Synonyms
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4.6
Meat that is preserved in salty water with spices
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2.1
Meat or fish dried and given a smoky flavor by burning wood
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3.8
Made with salt so meat or fish do not go bad
Meat or other food is soaked in salty water to keep it from spoiling
Food preserved with salt so it lasts longer
Meat or fish preserved and given a smoky taste by drying in smoke
Meat or fish kept for a long time by hanging near a wood fire
Food made and kept at home by salting, smoking, or drying
Food preserved in vinegar or salty water so it lasts longer
Antonyms
Compounds
How Preserved
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cured comes from Latin curare, which means 'to take care of' and is like the English word care. Long ago people 'took care' of meat and fish by salting, drying, or smoking them, so cured food is food that has been kept so it does not go bad.