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fish farm

fish farm

5 2.7
A place where people raise fish in tanks or ponds for food
  • noun
  • /fɪʃ fɑrm/
translation icon : granja de peces
  • During our visit, we learned how a fish farm operates to raise trout in tanks.
  • salmon fish farm
  • pollution from fish farm
  • regulation of fish farm

So, Dan, if you want billions of chicken pellets for your fish farm, I know where to get them.

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Examples

  • Section I discusses the adverse environmental effects of salmon fish farms, including the impacts of waste discharges and escaped salmon.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Pollution from salmon and other fish farms is substantial and results in numerous adverse environmental effects.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Put a plant there, pump up river water for the fish farm.

    The Mosquito Coast (1986)

  • And actually no, fish farming produces more than wild fish.

  • The technology exists to reduce the amount of pollution that salmon fish farms generate.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Washington State has granted permits to its salmon fish farms, but the requirements of these permits are not very strict.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Antibiotics administered in fish farms can cause death in other aquatic organisms.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The fish are initially transported from a freshwater smolt farm and introduced into the saltwater fish farm.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Certain European countries, including Cyprus, Poland, Turkey, France, Denmark, Greece, and the Netherlands, limit fish farm effluents discharged into marine waters.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The local fish farm supplies fresh salmon to many restaurants in the area.

Synonyms

farm
vsfish farm
∞ 1.0

A place with fields and buildings for growing crops or keeping animals

focuses on breeding and raising aquatic animals in controlled commercial conditions
fishery
vsfish farm
53 3.4

A place where people catch and prepare fish to sell

focuses on breeding and raising fish rather than catching or processing them
fishpond
vsfish farm
1 3.2

A small pond used for keeping or breeding fish

is larger and run commercially to breed and raise fish for food

How Commercial

fish farm
5 2.7
piscary
  • Archaic
9.9

Surface Forms

fish farm singular
fish farms plural

Morphology

fish + farm

The meaning 'a place where fish are bred and raised' is directly derivable from combining 'fish' (the animal) with 'farm' (a place for raising animals or crops); the composition follows a regular noun+noun compounding pattern. This is a cross-linguistically common and semantically transparent construction, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand the MWE.

Etymology

Fish farm is a simple image: a farm for fish, with ponds or tanks where people breed and feed fish to sell. That's why it means 'a place where fish are bred and raised for food'.