pollack

noun

pol·​lack ˈpä-lək 

variants or pollock

plural pollack or pollock

1

: a commercially important North Atlantic food fish (Pollachius virens) related to and resembling the cods but darker

2

: a commercially important northern Pacific food fish (Gadus chalcogrammus synonym Theragra chalcogramma) of the cod family that closely resembles the pollack

called also walleye pollack

Examples of pollack in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Benedict over plump asparagus; a soup packed with salmon, mussels, and pollack, drizzled with oil, and infused with spinach and leek; and a lemon-and-almond cake held together with thick slabs of buttercream. — Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023

Beer battered Alaskan pollack served with French fries or baked potato, coleslaw, bread and butter and tartar sauce. — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2021

Most Russian pollack is processed in China, where labor costs are significantly lower than in Alaska. — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2016

Medium-size fish—say, cod, hake, pollack, and salmon—have medium-size swim bladders, which generally resonate at frequencies of several hundred hertz. — IEEE Spectrum, 26 July 2011

Word History

Etymology

Middle English poullok, perhaps from Scottish Gaelic pollag or Irish pollóg

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing pollack

• walleye pollack

Rhymes for pollack

• colic
• frolic
• moloch
• alcoholic
• anabolic
• apostolic
• catabolic
• cytosolic
• diabolic
• diastolic
• ethanolic
• hyperbolic

Kids Definition

pollack

noun

pol·​lack

variants or pollock

ˈpäl-ək 

plural pollack or pollock

1

: an important food fish of the northern Atlantic that resembles the related cods but is darker

2

: an important food fish of the northern Pacific that is related to and resembles the pollack of the northern Atlantic