Scrod

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːd

Alternative forms

• schrod
• rare escrod, scrode

Origin

Perhaps from an obsolete Dutch term schrood ("slice, shred"), from Middle Dutch schrode, schroode (in which case, it is ultimately cognate to shred). Compare East Frisian

schrod ("small or worthless thing; shred").

Full definition of scrod

Noun

1. (New England, sometimes New York) Any cod, pollock, haddock, or other whitefish.

Verb

1. (nonstandard, New England, humorous)

   scrod

   (past of screw)

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