seafood

UK/ˈsiːfuːd/US/ˈsiːfuːd/

nounB1+Common in everyday speech and writing · #5,925 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: seafoods

Seafood is anything from the sea that ends up on a plate. A seafood platter, fresh seafood, a seafood allergy.

It covers fish and shellfish together in ordinary use, though a menu often means shellfish alone by it. Shellfish allergy is one of the commonest serious food allergies in adults and usually lasts for life, unlike most childhood ones.

Definitions of seafood

1nounseafoodAnything from the sea that ends up on a plate.B1+
“The coastal town is famous for its fresh seafood, especially crab and mussels.”

seafood is food.

Where it comes from

From sea + food.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Food & Drink

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seafood in the wild

In these ways, seafoods are used to produce further food for human consumption.
Seafood
Some seafood is fed to aquarium fish, or used to feed domestic pets such as cats.
Seafood
The following is a list of types of seafood.
List of types of seafood
In most parts of the world, fish are generally not considered seafood even if they are from the sea.
List of types of seafood
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants Inc. is an American seafood restaurant chain, formerly based in Portland, Oregon.
McCormick & Schmick's

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