kippered salmon

1 5.1

Salmon that people salt and smoke to keep and add flavor

noun
/ˈkɪpərd ˈsælmən/

: salmón ahumado

The flavor of kippered salmon is richer than that of fresh fish.

Examples

I love kippered salmon on my bagel.
We served kippered salmon with scrambled eggs for breakfast.
She bought a package of kippered salmon at the gourmet market.
Have you tried kippered salmon before?
For breakfast, he enjoyed a bagel topped with kippered salmon and cream cheese.
The chef prepared a delicious salad that included kippered salmon and fresh greens.
At the deli, you can find sandwiches made with kippered salmon and capers.

Synonyms

smoked salmon

vskippered salmon

13 1.9

Thin cold slices of salmon that are salted and cooked over wood

includes salting as part of the curing process rather than only smoking

How Fresh

fresh catch

1 2.9

salmon

76 1.0

smoked salmon

13 1.9

kippered salmon

1 5.1

canned goods

12 1.0

Surface Forms

kippered salmon singular

kippered salmons plural

Morphology

kipper + salmon

The meaning is transparently built from 'kipper' (to preserve by salting and smoking) + 'salmon' — 'kippered' functions as a past-participle adjective describing the salmon. This is a regular compositional pattern (adjective/participle + noun) and is cross-linguistically comparable (e.g. 'smoked salmon'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Kippered salmon comes from an old kitchen method: kippered meant the fish was split, then 'salted and smoked' so it would keep longer. That's why kippered salmon today means salmon that has been 'salted and smoked' and has a richer, smoky taste.