bloater
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++bloa·ter /ˈbləʊtə $ ˈbloʊtər/ noun [countable] DFFa smoked fish 腌熏鱼
Examples from the Corpus
bloater• Now, at forty-three, he had to be content with cardboard bloaters!• We cured all our bloaters and our kippers, at one time.Origin bloater (1800-1900) bloat “to preserve with salt and smoke” ((17-19 centuries)), perhaps from blote “soft and wet” ((1300-1400)), probably from Old Norse blautr; → BLOATEDbloa·ter nounChineseSyllable
smoked a fish Corpus
bloater
bloa‧ter /ˈbləʊtə $ ˈbloʊtər/
noun [countable]
bloa‧ter /ˈbləʊtə $ ˈbloʊtər/
noun [countable] Date: 1800-1900
Origin: bloat 'to preserve with salt and smoke' (17-19 centuries), perhaps from blote 'soft and wet' (1300-1400), probably from Old Norse blautr; ⇨ bloated
a smoked fish
Origin: bloat 'to preserve with salt and smoke' (17-19 centuries), perhaps from blote 'soft and wet' (1300-1400), probably from Old Norse blautr; ⇨ bloated