Stockfish

//ˈstɒkfɪʃ// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt. countable, uncountable

    "So the Prior of Saint Botolph’s hobbled back again into the refectory, to preside over the stockfish and ale, which was just serving out for the friars’ breakfast."

  2. 2
    The shallow-water Cape hake (Merluccius capensis) South-Africa
  3. 3
    fish cured by being split and air-dried without salt wordnet

Synonyms

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coddried codlubfishsouth african hake

Example

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"Currently, chess players have advanced computer programs, such as Alpha Zero, Deep Mind, and Stockfish, to analyze any position in a chess game."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English stokfissh, stokfysch, from Middle Dutch stocvisch and/or Middle Low German stokvisch (“stick fish”). Equivalent to stock + fish.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Afrikaans stokvis, from Dutch stokvis.

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