salami

noun

sa·​la·​mi sə-ˈlä-mē 

: a highly seasoned sausage of pork and beef either dried or fresh

Examples of salami in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Campisi’s didn’t offer pepperoni for years, serving a hand-cut salami instead. —Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Mar. 2025

Their menu highlights signature dishes and specialties such as their New York Bee Sting with spicy salami, pepperoni, and award-winning tomato sauce with a house blend of cheeses, finished with honey and dollops of ricotta. —Vincent Medina, Idaho Statesman, 11 Jan. 2025

Sprinkle each serving with diced salami if using and crumble feta on top. —Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 1 Jan. 2025

The same thing happens with enchilada, a McDonald's chicken burger, mac and cheese, pasta, and salami, with Smith heard laughing after each of the critic's reactions. —Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Italian, plural of salame "cured salted and seasoned pork sausage," from sale "salt" (going back to Latin sal-, sāl) + -ame "things made from or containing (the material denoted by the preceding element)," going back to Latin -āmen, from -ā-, verb stem formative + -men, resultative noun suffix — more at salt entry 1

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for salami

• tatami
• thalami
• tsunami
• balmy
• brahmi
• commie
• mommy
• palmy
• rami
• saami
• swami
• swamy

Kids Definition

salami

noun

sa·​la·​mi sə-ˈläm-ē 

: highly seasoned sausage of pork and beef