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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A traditional Nordic dish made from stockfish and soda lye. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   dried cod soaked in a lye solution before boiling to give it a gelatinous consistency wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

lutfisk

Example

More examples

"If you are having lutefisk for dinner, you must have boiled eggs and mustard with it."

Etymology

From Norwegian lutefisk, compare with Swedish lutfisk.

Related phrases

soda lye

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