seafood

noun

sea·​food ˈsē-ˌfüd 

: edible marine fish and shellfish

Examples of seafood in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The menu leans into crowd-pleasing seafood and vegetable-forward dishes, but pastas and hearty mains like a pork belly with roasted new potato and pane carasau cannot be missed. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026

Clean the sink, faucet, counters, cutting boards and fridge drawers or shelves beforehand, and use clean knives, peelers and colanders, especially after prepping raw meat, poultry or seafood. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2026

Your sink, faucet, countertop, cutting boards and refrigerator shelves or drawers should be clean too, along with any knives, peelers, colanders or other tools, especially ones recently used for raw meat, poultry or seafood. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026

Snow crab legs, green mussels and big shrimp boil are options for the Cajun side, while pho options include pho dac biet (a combination of beef cuts), pho tai san (seafood mix) and pho ga (tender chicken). — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for seafood

• accrued
• allude
• collude
• conclude
• construed
• debuted
• delude
• elude
• endued
• ensued
• eschewed
• etude

Kids Definition

seafood

noun

sea·​food -ˌfüd 

: edible marine fish and shellfish