squid
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1.6
- noun
- /skwɪd/
:
calamar
- There was also dried squid, pork, and a dish made out of the upper pear part of the cashew nut.
- market squid
It's like the least chewy squid I've ever had.
- It's like the least chewy squid I've ever had.
- Apicius mentions muscle, squid, pig brains and Peacock, so it's up to you.
- So we make adobo out of beef, we make adobo out of squid with a squid ink.
- Whenever we'd go to restaurants, you would tell us to get calamari to go so you can make the squids, like, swim in the bathtub.
Examples
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We had some salmon and this amazing squid dish that was absolutely delicious.
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Jose puts the plate of squid down in the middle of the table.
Fiction book (1995) -
Sometimes they swallow a whole squid, for example.
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With certain programs, students dissect, clean, cook, and finally eat squid.
Academic text (2002) -
Nino, have you tried the squid pomodoro?
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And I had the idea to make a squid ink pizza, infusing squid ink into the dough.
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Our pasta tonight is a squid ravioli in a lemon grass broth.
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At noon, I ate one cucumber sandwich, one bag of squid chips, and one pomelo.
Fiction book (1994) -
Nino, have you tried the squid pomodoro?
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Our pasta tonight is a squid ravioli in a lemon grass broth.
Synonyms
25
4.4
Cooked squid served as food, often fried and eaten before the main meal
A dish of cooked squid often served in Italian restaurants
Compounds
- Specialized
5
4.9
A very large animal with long arms that lives deep in the sea and reaches 18 meters
- Specialized
A small mushroom that looks like a squid and smells bad to attract flies
Surface Forms
Etymology
Squid as food simply comes from the animal. It means the animal's 'flesh' and is often called 'calamari' in restaurants, so the food meaning is just the squid prepared to eat.