seafood

noun

sea·​food ˈsē-ˌfüd How to pronounce seafood (audio)
: edible marine fish and shellfish

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From under-the-radar boulangeries to Seine-side seafood spots and underground jazz clubs, here’s how to navigate the City of Light like a Parisian. Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2025 He is regularly spotted flying on Air Force One with Trump, and Lutnick was in the Oval Office for an executive order signing Thursday to tout efforts to expand U.S. seafood exports. Brett Samuels, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2025 Both diets exclude meat and poultry, but pescatarians eat seafood and vegetarians do not. Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 18 Apr. 2025 Start your meal with a basket of mini crab cakes, then pick an under-the-sea entrée ranging from jerked tuna tacos to a North Carolina shrimp burger to a seafood platter with your choice of shrimp, scallops, flounder, clam strips, catfish, chicken tenders, or crab cakes. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seafood

Word History

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of seafood was in 1836

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“Seafood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seafood. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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seafood

noun
sea·​food -ˌfüd How to pronounce seafood (audio)
: edible marine fish and shellfish

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