trout

99 1.0

A freshwater fish like a salmon that people often eat

noun
/traʊt/

: trucha

After dinner, why don't we take our Ronald Colman gravy boat out on a lake, catch a mess of trout.
lake trout
rainbow trout
trout and salmon

But a wild salmon, a wild trout, mackerel, sardines, anchovies.

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Examples

Hey, kids, who's up for trout?

The Big White (2005)
Carp like the water to be warm, and trout like it colder.

Fiction book (1993)
All right, dude, I had a rainbow trout and I lost it.
This is the coral trout, the fish.
Sure enough, when they returned to Moiraine, three big trout lay on the bank.

Fiction book (1991)
Denmark also supplied over 14,000 tons of trout to West Germany in 1987.

Academic text (1990)
Besides the smoking hot trout, there was sour rye bread, cheese, and applesauce.

Fiction book (1993)
The James Fork Creek drifted slowly by, and trout darted from the shelter of the rocks.

Fiction book (1992)
I got trout, two sides of turnip greens, some pepper sauce, a dumpling, a corn, a bean.
For dinner, they prepared grilled trout with lemon and herbs.

Synonyms

fish

vstrout

516 1.0

Meat from a water animal that people cook and eat

is the specific freshwater salmon-family animal commonly eaten

freshwater fish

vstrout

4 2.0

A water animal that lives in rivers or lakes and people eat

is the specific freshwater salmon-family member often eaten

lake trout

vstrout

3 3.4

A large freshwater fish like a salmon found in cold northern lakes and caught for food and sport

is the general freshwater salmon-family fish found in various waters

brook trout

vstrout

Specialized

2 6.1

A small colorful freshwater fish that lives in cold streams and lakes and is caught for food or sport

is any freshwater salmon-family fish often eaten as food

brown trout

vstrout

2 3.4

A freshwater fish with brown color and dark spots that lives in rivers

is the general freshwater salmon-family fish often eaten or fished

speckled trout

vstrout

2 7.2

A freshwater fish with dark spots that lives in North American rivers and lakes

is the broader freshwater salmon-family fish category, not only spotted ones

game fish

vstrout

Specialized

2 5.0

A fish that people catch for sport, not for food or money

is primarily a freshwater salmon-family fish often consumed as food

food fish

vstrout

1 2.1

A fish that people catch or farm to eat

is a naturally occurring freshwater salmon-family fish often eaten

finfish

vstrout

1 3.4

A fish with fins, not a shellfish

is the narrower salmon-family freshwater fish often taken for food

sea trout

vstrout

1 3.8

A coastal fish in North America that looks like trout and lives near shore

is the true freshwater salmon-family fish typically found inland

salmon trout

vstrout

1 3.2

The meat of a fish that moves from the sea into rivers and is eaten

is the freshwater salmon-family fish itself rather than its marine flesh

rainbow trout

vstrout

1 3.2

The meat of a trout that moves between sea and rivers and is eaten

is the freshwater salmon-family fish concept, not limited to migrants

Compounds

rainbow trout

3 4.2

A trout with a pink stripe along its sides often found in rivers and lakes

lake trout

3 3.4

A large freshwater fish like a salmon found in cold northern lakes and caught for food and sport

brook trout

Specialized

2 6.1

A small colorful freshwater fish that lives in cold streams and lakes and is caught for food or sport

brown trout

2 3.4

A freshwater fish with brown color and dark spots that lives in rivers

speckled trout

2 7.2

A freshwater fish with dark spots that lives in North American rivers and lakes

salmon trout

1 3.1

A fish that looks like a salmon and lives in lakes and rivers

sea trout

1 3.4

A brown trout that lives in the sea and returns to rivers to lay eggs

sea trout

1 3.8

A coastal fish in North America that looks like trout and lives near shore

salmon trout

1 3.2

The meat of a fish that moves from the sea into rivers and is eaten

spotted sea trout

1 8.1

A medium-sized fish with dark spots that people catch for food and sport on southern United States coasts

sea trout

1 2.7

The meat from a trout that lives in the sea that people eat

trout lily

1 8.2

A small North American woodland flower with nodding yellow blooms and speckled leaves

rainbow trout

1 3.2

The meat of a trout that moves between sea and rivers and is eaten

lake trout

3.1

The flesh of a large fish from cold northern lakes that people eat

How Big

shark

575 1.0

tuna

254 1.0

salmon

104 1.0

trout

99 1.0

fish

∞ 1.0

sardine

60 1.3

minnow

14 4.2

Surface Forms

trout singular

trouts plural

Etymology

The word trout goes back to Old English and related Germanic languages that used a similar name for this river fish, so people have called it the same for a long time. A helpful image to remember it is someone shouting 'trout!' when they pull a fish from the water, and that's why trout still means a 'freshwater fish' often eaten as food.