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salamander

salamander

1 9.9
A long metal rod with a handle used to move and tend a fire
  • noun
  • /ˈsæləmændər/
  • Archaic
translation icon : atizador
  • During the cooking lesson, we learned how to use a salamander to caramelize the sugar on our desserts.

Examples

  • Greta was threatening to retire unless he converted to gas and bought her a stove with a salamander, and Dolly Young, having hinted broadly, had been given a top-of-the-line Jaguar.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The chef used a salamander to achieve the perfect browning on the top of the dish.

  • In professional kitchens, cooks often rely on a salamander for quickly heating or finishing dishes before serving.

Synonyms

poker
vssalamander
42 4.2

A metal rod with a handle for moving logs in a fire

is longer and built for tending rather than quick adjustments
stove poker
vssalamander
6.7

A metal rod with a handle for moving burning wood in a stove or fireplace

is longer and used for tending larger or outdoor fires rather than indoor ones
fire hook
vssalamander
7.7

A metal rod with a handle used to move burning logs or stir hot embers

is for steady stirring and tending not mainly for manipulating burning items

Compounds

A dark small animal with yellow or orange spots that lives near ponds in North America

A North American salamander with strong legs and long toes for climbing trees and bushes

A small salamander from eastern North America with a red stripe along its back

A small animal like a frog with dark brown or grey skin that lives in damp forests

A salamander that lives in high Alpine areas and gives birth to live young

ambystomid salamander
  • Specialized
9.9

A small to medium amphibian that lives on land or in water in the Americas

arboreal salamander
  • Specialized
9.3

A small brown animal like a lizard with yellow spots that climbs trees at night in California forests

A large black salamander with bright yellow spots that lives in European forests

A small black amphibian with bright yellow spots that lives in damp European forests

limestone salamander
  • Specialized
9.9

A rare small salamander that lives in limestone cliff cracks in California

lungless salamander
  • Specialized
8.5

A salamander without lungs that breathes through its skin and the inside of its mouth

A small brownish-black animal like a frog that lives underground and comes out to lay eggs

A very large animal like a big frog that lives in Asian rivers and is sometimes eaten

olympic salamander
  • Specialized
9.9

A small animal with big eyes and moist skin that lives near streams in the northwestern United States

8.2

A large salamander that lives in western North American forests

A large North American salamander with yellow spots on dark skin

Shasta salamander
  • Specialized
9.9

A rare small amphibian that lives in caves near Mount Shasta, California

slender salamander
  • Specialized
8.9

A small thin animal with soft skin that lives in damp places on the Pacific coast of the United States

web-toed salamander
  • Specialized
9.9

A small water-and-land animal with webbed toes and a long tongue used to catch insects and climb smooth rocks

A small salamander with a red stripe on its back that lives in moist Pacific coast forests

worm salamander
  • Specialized
9.1

A small thin salamander that looks like a worm and lives on the Pacific coast of the United States

Surface Forms

salamander singular
salamanders plural

Etymology

Salamander for a long metal rod comes from the same fire story. Because the tool is put into hot coals, people named it after the creature that could 'live in flames', which helps you remember the rod is used to tend the fire.