scrod

noun

ˈskräd 

variants or less commonly schrod

: a young fish (such as a cod or haddock)

especially : one split and boned for cooking

Examples of scrod in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The three-course Irish lunch will include options like baked scrod and roasted honey ham. —BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2021

This recipe calls for cod, but these thrifty cakes can be made with any white-fleshed fish, such as scrod or sole. —Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2021

Dinner entrees include scrod, scallops, crab, lobster, salmon, steak and chicken. —Susan Dunne, courant.com, 24 Mar. 2021

Choose from haddock or scrod, U.S. tilapia, Pacific cod or U.S farmed bass. —Tribune News Service, cleveland, 15 Mar. 2021

Fish plus, shrimp, crab cakes, scallops, clams, frog legs, tilapia, cod, scrod, salmon and more. —Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 4 Mar. 2021

For the sweetest, tenderest scallops imaginable, try Fathoms’ scallop-scrod casserole. —Ann Parson, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2019

Word History

Etymology

probably from British dialect (Cornwall) scrawed, past participle of scraw, scrawl to split, salt, and lightly dry (young fish)

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

scrod

noun

ˈskräd 

: a young fish (as a cod or haddock)

especially : one split and boned for cooking