sole
4
4.7
- noun
- /soʊl/
:
lenguado
- Ning moved to feed him rice and stewed sole.
Examples
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Steward, my Thursday midday meal has always been and will always be hot soup, fried sole, roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, baked potatoes, suet pudding and treacle.
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Because a man would not bother to put the parsley on the filet of sole.
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"I had filet of sole."
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I'll have the grilled sole.
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I can recommend the lemon sole, it's blinding.
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I called my supplier and ordered the freshest sole she could find, plus fresh fruit.
Fiction book (1993) -
Mom left the fish warming on the stove - breaded sole.
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A filet of sole lies in front of him, bathed in a smooth white sauce.
Fiction book (1996) -
The sole is first steamed in addition to being braised in order to purge it of any impurities.
Fiction book (1995) -
For dinner, I ordered the grilled sole served with a lemon butter sauce.
Synonyms
1
3.9
A thin piece of sole fish without bones eaten as a light, delicate food
1
7.5
A flat fish with pale gray flesh that people eat
1
5.7
A flat fish with delicate flesh found in European and North Atlantic waters
White, lean meat from thin flat sea fish often served as fillets
A flat sea fish often eaten as food in Europe
A flat fish that lives in European waters and people eat as food
A flat fish found in European seas that people eat
A flat fish from Europe with tender white flesh often eaten
A flat fish from the Pacific coast of North America often eaten for its mild, tender flesh
A small flat fish that lives on sandy coasts in Europe and is eaten
A group of flat fish that includes the common sole
A group of flatfish that includes the English sole
A group of flat fish like the English sole that live on the sea floor
A group of flat fish that includes the Pacific sand sole
A group of flat fish that lie on one side and live in the sea or in rivers
A group of long, flat fish that live on sandy sea or river floors
Compounds
- US
1
5.4
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 the fish meat also comes from Latin solea 'sandal', so when you see 'sole' on a menu it means the flat fish whose flesh is eaten.