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- [kod-fish]
- /ˈkɒdˌfɪʃ/
- /ˈkɔdfɪʃ/
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- [kod-fish]
- /ˈkɒdˌfɪʃ/
Definitions of codfish word
- noun codfish a cod, esp Gadus morhua 3
- abbreviation CODFISH cod1 3
- abbreviation CODFISH cod1 . 1
- noun codfish (countable) A cod (the fish). 1
- noun codfish cod: sea fish 1
- noun codfish (Uncountable Noun) The flesh of the cod as food. 0
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Origin of codfish
First appearance:
before 1880 One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1880-85; cod1 + fish
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Parts of speech for Codfish
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
codfish popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
codfish usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with codfish
- how to cook codfish?
- what do codfish eat?
- what is a codfish?
- what is codfish?
- how to bake codfish?
- how to make codfish balls?
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Matching words
- Words starting with c
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- Words starting with cod
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