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

Made up of cubed salami, cracked black pepper and provolone cheese, lard bread almost feels more like a savory cake. —Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025

To crisp-cook salami, first cut each slice into slivers. —Erin Hooker, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Apr. 2025

Corn carbonara with pan-fried salami and Calabrian chili at Bordo. —Rachel Monroe, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025

But our house pizza toppings are usually some type of salami or pepperoni, red onion, and bell peppers. —Bon Appétit, 6 Feb. 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