: fish (such as cod, haddock, or hake) dried hard in the open air without salt
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebBanco Giro has transformed from 17th-century bank to 21st-century osteria, and stands out with its fluffy homemade baccalà mantecato, a Venetian standard made from Norwegian stockfish, which is creamed and spread on crostini. Cat Bauer, CNN, 28 Apr. 2022 Characters carry on conversations about preparing stockfish and pounded yam and pepper their dialogue with non-English words. Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Sep. 2019
Word History
Etymology
Middle English stokfish, from Middle Dutch stocvisch, from stoc stick + visch fish