salmon loaf

1 2.6

A baked mixture of salmon, breadcrumbs, and eggs shaped like a loaf

noun
/ˈsælmən loʊf/

: pastel de salmón

I made a delicious salmon loaf for dinner.

Examples

You can serve salmon loaf with a side of steamed vegetables for a complete meal.
The restaurant's special tonight is homemade salmon loaf topped with a creamy dill sauce.
My grandmother makes a delicious salmon loaf every holiday season.
The leftover salmon loaf was perfect for sandwiches the next day.
Have you ever tried salmon loaf?
For dinner, we enjoyed a delicious salmon loaf that my grandmother made from her favorite recipe.
He sliced the salmon loaf and served it with a side of mashed potatoes and green beans.

Synonyms

fish loaf

vssalmon loaf

5.6

A baked loaf of fish mixed with breadcrumbs and seasonings

uses one specific seafood species and often adds eggs to bind

Surface Forms

salmon loaf singular

salmon loaves plural

Morphology

salmon + loaf

The compound combines 'salmon' (a fish used as food) with 'loaf' (a shaped mass of baked food), so the sense — a loaf-shaped dish made from salmon — is directly deducible from the constituents. This noun-formation pattern is common in English and cross-linguistically in food names (e.g., 'meatloaf'), so an average B1 learner who knows both words would understand the meaning.

Etymology

Salmon loaf may come from the way cooks shape the dish: they mix small pieces of salmon with crumbs and eggs, press it into a pan and bake it like a bread loaf so it can be sliced. That's why salmon loaf today means a baked, loaf-shaped salmon dish.