🐟 A Pacific fish 🍣 Red fish meat

red salmon

2.8

The fatty red flesh of a sockeye salmon used for food

noun
/rɛd ˈsælmən/

: carne de salmón rojo

Many chefs prefer to use red salmon in sushi because of its rich flavor and color.

Examples

The can contained high-quality red salmon, perfect for making sandwiches.
The red salmon is rich in omega-3 fatty acids.
Alaskan rivers are famous for their annual run of red salmon.
I love to eat red salmon for dinner.
Alaskan rivers are famous for their annual run of red salmon.
Many chefs prefer to use red salmon in sushi because of its rich flavor and color.
The can contained high-quality red salmon, perfect for making sandwiches.

Synonyms

sockeye

vsred salmon

1 7.8

The red meat of a Pacific salmon eaten as food

emphasizes color and taste rather than scientific identity

sockeye salmon

vsred salmon

3.2

The fatty red flesh of a Pacific salmon eaten as food

is named by color rather than by species

blueback salmon

vsred salmon

Specialized

7.1

A small salmon from the northern Pacific with bright red flesh that dies after spawning

focuses on the edible flesh and its flavor rather than life cycle

How Fatty

chinook salmon

4.5

red salmon

2.8

coho salmon

1 3.0

chum salmon

Specialized

1 6.3

Surface Forms

red salmon singular

red salmons plural

Morphology

red + salmon

The meaning is directly compositional: 'red' simply describes the color/flesh quality of the noun 'salmon', so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to salmon with red flesh or coloration. This modifier + noun pattern is common across languages and follows standard English semantics, making the expression immediately understandable to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Red salmon is named for the deep red 'flesh' of the salmon; the meat is rich and fatty, so cooks and buyers call it 'red salmon'.