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rainbow trout

rainbow trout

3.2
The meat of a trout that moves between sea and rivers and is eaten
  • noun
  • /ˈreɪnboʊ traʊt/
  • US
translation icon : trucha arcoíris
  • For dinner, we enjoyed a delicious pan-fried rainbow trout accompanied by lemon and herbs.
  • grilled rainbow trout

Examples

  • Grilled rainbow trout is a favorite dish at many seafood restaurants.

  • She bought fresh rainbow trout from the fish market for dinner.

  • The chef recommended seasoning the rainbow trout with lemon and herbs before baking.

  • I love to eat rainbow trout for dinner.

  • The chef prepared a delicious dish with rainbow trout.

  • At the restaurant, I ordered the grilled rainbow trout, which was served with fresh vegetables.

  • He proudly displayed the rainbow trout he caught while fishing in the mountain stream.

Synonyms

trout
vsrainbow trout
123 1.0

A freshwater fish like a salmon that people often eat

is specifically the Pacific migratory food fish, not just any freshwater fish
steelhead
vsrainbow trout
  • Specialized
9 6.7

A large silvery fish like a rainbow trout that lives in the sea and returns to rivers to lay eggs

is the Pacific migrating food fish generally, not only North American form
Oncorhynchus mykiss
vsrainbow trout
9.9

The meat of rainbow trout that people cook and eat

is the common Pacific food name instead of the scientific term
salmon trout
vsrainbow trout
3.2

The meat of a fish that moves from the sea into rivers and is eaten

is the Pacific migrating food fish term with similar movement but different name
sea trout
vsrainbow trout
  • UK
2.7

The meat from a trout that lives in the sea that people eat

is the Pacific migrating food fish term, not the general marine-sourced label

How Fresh

rainbow trout
  • US
3.2

Surface Forms

rainbow trout singular
rainbow trouts plural

Morphology

rainbow + trout

Rainbow trout is a straightforward modifier–noun compound where 'rainbow' describes a type of 'trout', so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a kind of fish (likely with colorful markings). This compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows normal English noun–noun modification, making the meaning accessible at B1.

Etymology

Rainbow trout as a food name comes from the fish itself. The word simply means the 'flesh' of the rainbow trout, so cooks and sellers use the same name for the meat that comes from that striped trout.