Seafood Meaning
/ˈsiːfuːd/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounFood from the sea, including that derived from fish, shellfish, crustaceans, cephalopods, seaweed, algae, marine mammals, and other marine organisms.
nounFood from any aquatic source, including not only salt water but also fresh water.
Sentence Examples
This is by far the best seafood restaurant in this area.
We glutted ourselves with lobsters and other seafood.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The restaurant served fresh ____ like shrimp and oysters.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The coastal restaurant was famous for its fresh ____ caught daily by local fishermen.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English sea Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *fōdô Old English fōda Middle English fode English food English seafood From sea + food.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"But most of all, they were jealous because these strangers feasted daily on great turtle, albacore and sail-fish, the sweetest of all seafoods."
— 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 127:
"Write about radiation levels in seafood, “safe” pollution limits set by pollutors, government policy auctioned for campaign donations and Seaboard's ex juris police force, and you'll raise the temperature of public awareness, fractionally, towards its ignition point."
— 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The restaurant served fresh ____ like shrimp and oysters.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The coastal restaurant was famous for its fresh ____ caught daily by local fishermen.