seafood

noun

sea·​food ˈsē-ˌfüd How to pronounce seafood (audio)
: edible marine fish and shellfish

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Mia’s is the latest project for Rick Staunton and Jimmy Ulcickas, who founded their eight-store Bluewater Grill seafood restaurant chain in 1996 in Newport Beach. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025 Traveling along the route seemed like a way to fast-track my reconnection with France, an opportunity to not only consume its iconic cheeses, seafood, wine, and pastries but also meet the people honoring the past and quite literally crafting the future. Aislyn Greene, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025 Here, the star will be seafood, the fruits of Sicily’s positioning in the Mediterranean Sea, and light, fluffy couscous, an influence of the island’s African and Middle Eastern settlers. Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025 To do this, the team is partnering with the small-scale coastal fisheries that provide nearly half of the world’s seafood, according to Senko. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seafood

Word History

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of seafood was in 1836

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“Seafood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seafood. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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seafood

noun
sea·​food -ˌfüd How to pronounce seafood (audio)
: edible marine fish and shellfish

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