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

The buffet style menu includes polenta to combine with Aosta Valley meats, lasagna, mixed salad, and local salami and cheeses. —Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025

This combo of salami and Italian sausage with San Marzano tomatoes and mozzarella gets my chef’s kiss. —Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025

The concept of salami tactics essentially captures the Biden administration’s strategy. —Michael Poznansky, Foreign Affairs, 3 Jan. 2025

What started as salami and a little bit of cheese from the deli blossomed into over-the-top sandwiches. —The Editors, Outside Online, 27 Dec. 2024

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