sole
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- noun
- /soʊl/
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lenguado
- Then we go to the fishmonger's for a nice Dover sole and a pint of prawns.
- yellowfin sole
- Dover sole
- sole and plaice
Examples
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You will have the goodness to serve me the poached sole with one new potato and a small green salad with no dressing.
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I assume this is a sole on the bottom of the ocean, a sandy bottom.
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I need a quail and a Dover sole for table nine.
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Cajun style and fillets of sole stuffed with mussels, mushrooms, and artichoke hearts.
Fiction book (1990) -
For dinner, we had Dover sole with lemon butter sauce, which was delicious.
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The chef recommended the grilled sole served with a fresh salad.
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I caught a beautiful sole while fishing in the warm Mediterranean waters.
Synonyms
A flat sea fish often eaten as food in Europe
A flat fish that lives in European waters and people eat as food
Compounds
- US
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A pale brown flat fish found along the Pacific coast of North America and eaten as food
- US
A flat fish from the Pacific coast of North America often eaten for its mild, tender flesh
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sole for a flat fish comes from the Latin solea 'sandal' because the fish is flat like a shoe, and that image helps explain why the fish is called 'sole'.