cusk
- noun
- UK
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cusk
- The restaurant's special tonight is grilled cusk served with lemon butter sauce.
Examples
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In New England, cusk is sometimes used as an alternative to cod in chowders.
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Fishermen brought crates of fresh cusk to the market early in the morning.
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The chef prepared a delicious dish using cusk.
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I had never tasted cusk before my trip to Norway.
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Fishermen brought crates of fresh cusk to the market early in the morning.
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In New England, cusk is sometimes used as an alternative to cod in chowders.
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The restaurant's special tonight is grilled cusk served with lemon butter sauce.
Synonyms
10
1.0
The white, lean flesh of a large sea fish eaten as food
10
3.5
A fish with white flesh that people eat
6
3.0
Firm white meat from saltwater fish that people eat
3
2.8
A fish from the North Atlantic related to cod and often eaten
2
9.5
A young cod or haddock that people cook and serve to eat
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1.1
A large fish that lives in cold seas and has white meat people eat
1
2.1
A large sea fish from the North Atlantic with white, flaky flesh used for food
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6.1
White lean fish meat from northern seas used for eating
A large sea fish like a cod, with firm mild flesh
A North Atlantic fish like a cod with a long body and one fin on its back
A large sea fish that people eat for its meat and oil
White flaky fish meat used as food, similar to cod
The white flesh of a sea fish that people eat
A red fish from the North Atlantic eaten for its firm white flesh
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cusk comes from old northern European names for a cod-like fish, so the word was used for the white, lean flesh people eat; think of it as a kind of cod on the plate.