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

Moscow's unprecedented violation of Polish airspace is said to be yet another salami-slicing example. —Sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025

In this approach, ever higher levels of the military, federal, and regional elites are gradually implicated, layer by layer, like slices of salami. —Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2025

The sandwich is loaded with a juicy looking stack of ham, pepperoni, salami, Swiss cheese, banana peppers, red onions, tomatoes, and lettuce. —Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025

The sandwich chain is bringing back the Italian option, which features three premium meats: ham, pepperoni and salami. —Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025

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