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Definition of Codfish

1. Noun. Lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached.

2. Noun. Major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters.

Definition of Codfish

1. n. A kind of fish. Same as Cod.

Definition of Codfish

1. Noun. A cod (''the fish''). ¹

2. Noun. The flesh of the cod as food. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Codfish

1. the cod (a marine food fish) [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Codfish

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codeword codewords codework codex codexes codfish (current term) codfish ball codfish cake codfish vertebrae codfishes

codge codged codger codgerly codgers codges codging codhead codheads codical

Literary usage of Codfish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. European and American Cuisine by Mrs. Gesine Knubel Lemcke, Gesine Lemcke (1914)
"codfish Tongue ii 1'Allemande.—Boil 12 fresh codfish tongues as in ... Salt codfish Croquettes.—Soak 1 pound salt codfish in cold water for several hours, ..."

2. The Home Cook Book: A Collection of Practical Receipts by Expert Cooks (1905)
"BAKED SALT COD 'Mix a cup of salt codfish picked up fine with twice its ... codfish BALLS codfish balls may be made in simpler fashion by using one cup of ..."

3. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"Creamed codfish is better made with cream slightly thickened in place of Thin White Sauce. ... Salted codfish Hash. Prepare as for Fish Balls, omitting egg. ..."

4. The Boy Scouts' Year Book by Boy Scouts of America (1920)
""What's wrong with codfish balls?" demanded Johnnie testily. ... The conversation related to everything except codfish until this oddly assorted pair ..."

5. American Educational Monthly (1872)
"TAME codfish. MR. BUCKLAND, in a recent number of Land and Water, ... On approaching the shore of the pond, many codfish of great size were seen; ..."

6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1886)
"SI6) thus concludes a lengthened inquiry into this subject: It is established beyond doubt that decomposed dried codfish is sometimes capable of producing ..."

7. Miss Beecher's Housekeeper and Healthkeeper: Containing Five Hundred Recipes by Catharine Esther Beecher (1873)
"Keep it covered in a dry place. To be used at tea in slices. A codfish ... Take thin slivers of codfish, by them on hot coals, and when done to a yellowish ..."

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