HOW TO PRONOUNCE
salmon
/ˈsæmən/
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The l is silent.
Stress SAM. The l is silent, and the second vowel is light.
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“Grilled salmon.”
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noun
- One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above with silvery sides and delicate pinkish-orange flesh; they ascend rivers to spawn.
- A meal or dish made from this fish.
- A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon.
More meanings (9)
noun
- The upper bricks in a kiln which receive the least heat.
- (slang) snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout)
- canned fish, usually mackerel.
adjective
- Having a pale pinkish-orange colour.
verb
- (slang) To ride a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street.
proper noun
- A surname.
- A city, the county seat of Lemhi County, Idaho, United States, situated on the Salmon River, after which it was probably named.
- Ellipsis of Salmon River.
- The father of Boaz by Rahab; the son of Nahshon (biblical figure).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈsæmən/
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“He’ll strain for money as a salmon will strain for the river’s head. ’Tis a thief and a robber, that’s what ’tis.”
“The pool was deep where the salmon was struck, and I was not going to lose my life by going into it.”
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A pleasant enough country, on the whole, is this which the road runs through up the Salmon and down the East River.
Then a year came when he got neither the salmon nor the marten skin, neither the live cricket nor the cow’s horn.
Previous to this time Kilborne and Salmon proved that the cattle tick was essential to the spread and production of the disease.