salami
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- noun
- /səˈlɑːmi/
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salami
- I made a delicious sandwich with slices of salami and cheese.
- eat salami
- slices of salami
- salami and cheese
I'm not a foodie person but like the occasional pizza, salami and cold tomato slices.
- I'm not a foodie person but like the occasional pizza, salami and cold tomato slices.
- It's this bread that has garlic and salami.
- And we got this cute little plate with some stuffed olives, some fried cheese, salami and cheese.
- So bacon, salami, sausage, hot dogs, like you said.
- And I always had maybe Italian salami, some provolone cheese, some Brie, all kinds of fancy little things that I would store there.
- And then I'm taking hot dry salami pizzas.
Examples
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So now I guess just going to enjoy my salami sandwich, my Feld Schlossen beer, and enjoy the rest of the views along the city.
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In it were the bread, cheese, and salami that my mother had provided for our midday meal.
Fiction book (2000) -
We got a big old thing of hard salami, and I like salami.
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Do you want the hard salami or do you want this kind here?
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The cats can have a little salami as a treat.
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Hot salami, sweet salami, all the kinds of salami.
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I love salami and bread, so I hope this tastes good.
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We sat facing an older couple who ate salami slices and talked incessantly.
Academic text (2002) -
I didn't mind because now I was hungry for the cheese and salami in the satchel.
Fiction book (2000) -
And I always had maybe Italian salami, some provolone cheese, some Brie, all kinds of fancy little things that I would store there.
Synonyms
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A cooked sausage in a sliced bun, often with mustard or ketchup
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A food made from ground meat and spices in a thin skin
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A spicy thin sausage made from pork and beef that is often on pizza
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A small thin cooked sausage sold in cans or jars
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A food people make from ground pork and spices inside a skin and cook
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A large Italian cooked sausage made from ground pork with small pieces of fat
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A selection of cured meats served with cheese and bread
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Italian cured meats like ham and salami that are served cold as starters
An Italian sausage like salami made from meat that is cured and air-dried
A large smooth smoked sausage often sliced and eaten cold
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Etymology
Salami comes from Italian salame, which in turn comes from the root sal meaning 'salt'. Salami is a cured, seasoned sausage that was salted to preserve meat, which is why we still often eat it sliced cold.