Stockfish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈstÉ’kfɪʃ/

From Middle Low German
Middle Dutch stokvisch ("stick fish"), since the fish were dried in the wind on wooden frames, as still happens today in Lofoten, Norway.

Full definition of stockfish

Noun

1. A cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt.
• 1819, Walter Scott, IvanhoeSo the Prior of Saint Botolph’s hobbled back again into the refectory, to preside over the stockfish and ale, which was just serving out for the friars’ breakfast.

From Afrikaans, from Dutch stokvis.

Noun

1. (South Africa) The ,

Synonyms

• (Merluccius capensis)

Coordinate terms

• (Merluccius capensis) ()