rollmop
1
8.9
A piece of pickled herring rolled around a small savory filling
- noun
- /ˈroʊlˌmɑp/
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rollmop
- For a delightful appetizer, we enjoyed rollmops stuffed with tangy pickles.
Examples
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All we need now is a plate of rollmops and half a pint of mead.
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At the seafood market, I bought some fresh rollmops to enjoy with crackers.
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The traditional dish features rollmops filled with a zesty mustard mixture.
Synonyms
pickled herring
vsrollmop
3
3.1
A herring kept in vinegar or salt water and eaten as food
is a specific rolled fillet snack rather than the general preserved fish
rollmops
vsrollmop
1
9.9
A piece of fish pickled and rolled around a small pickle or onion
is the singular form referring to one rolled fillet as a snack
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rollmop comes from the German words rollen 'to roll' and Mops 'pug' or 'little round thing'. Because the herring is rolled into a small bundle around a tasty filling, a rollmop is a pickled herring fillet rolled up as a snack.