Crudo

//ˈkɹuːdəʊ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A dish made of raw fish or seafood. countable, uncountable

    "Food, like fashion, has a brutally short trend cycle, as the trickle-down from San Sebastián to Smith Street takes barely a season. So, this year's crudo could be next year's tuna carpaccio."

Example

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"Food, like fashion, has a brutally short trend cycle, as the trickle-down from San Sebastián to Smith Street takes barely a season. So, this year's crudo could be next year's tuna carpaccio."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian crudo (literally “raw”). Doublet of crude.

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