fish ball
- noun
- UK
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bola de pescado
- I ordered a bowl of soup that contained several delicious fish balls and vegetables.
Examples
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So I'm going to make spicy rice cake with fish balls and of course cannot forget the ramen noodles.
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Take back your fish balls and chicken guts!
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Fish balls and chicken guts.
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And they are famous for the dry fish ball noodles, which we got.
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(Fuldmogtig 10) "Take my word for it, Leif the Lucky ate his fish balls in celery sauce! ...
Academic text (1996) -
And so over here we've got some tripe, we've got some fish balls, some bamboo shoots, beef, tofu, vegetables.
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For dinner, we had stir-fried noodles topped with fish balls and a tangy sauce.
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The street vendor sells hot fish balls that are perfect for snacking.
Synonyms
3
9.3
A traditional Jewish dish of cooked balls made from ground fish mixed with eggs and breadcrumbs
2
2.0
A small fried patty made from flaked fish mixed with potatoes
A small ball of mashed potato made with salted cod and often breaded and fried
How Solid
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a small round ball made from fish' is directly and compositionally derived from the constituents 'fish' and 'ball' (a noun+noun compound). This is a literal food-name pattern found in many languages and follows regular English compounding, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Fish ball: The name fish ball comes from a simple cooking picture: pieces of fish are mashed or mixed and shaped into a ball, then boiled or fried and eaten. That's why it means 'a small, round ball of fish' served as a 'snack' or in soup.