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sea trout

sea trout

2.7
The meat from a trout that lives in the sea that people eat
  • noun
  • /si traʊt/
  • UK
translation icon : trucha de mar
  • The chef prepared the sea trout with a lemon-butter sauce and fresh herbs.

Examples

  • She prefers the delicate flavor of sea trout over salmon when making fish cakes.

  • Fresh sea trout is often available at coastal markets during spring.

  • I love to eat sea trout for dinner.

  • Fresh sea trout is available at the market.

  • I enjoyed a delicious meal featuring a grilled sea trout with lemon and herbs.

  • The restaurant specializes in dishes made with sea trout, offering fresh catches from the nearby coast.

  • For dinner, we prepared sea trout, which we served with a side of roasted vegetables.

Synonyms

trout
vssea trout
123 1.0

A freshwater fish like a salmon that people often eat

is a migrating marine form that returns from salt to fresh water
salmon trout
vssea trout
3.2

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

has the same meaning but uses a different traditional name
rainbow trout
vssea trout
  • US
3.2

The meat of a trout that moves between sea and rivers and is eaten

is the same idea but not limited to Pacific species

Surface Forms

sea trout singular
sea trouts plural

Morphology

sea + trout

The compound 'sea trout' is directly built from 'sea' + 'trout' and denotes a trout associated with the sea (a marine trout), so a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer it refers to a fish from the sea used as food. This noun–noun composition is transparently compositional and parallels similar constructions in other languages, making the meaning predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Sea trout can also mean the meat of that fish, the flesh people buy and eat, because food names often use the animal name for the meat. That's why it can mean 'the flesh of a sea trout used as food'.