whiting

Pluralwhitings, whiting

1. 1
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A fish of the North Atlantic that belongs to the cod family and looks a lot like cod.

   On our trip to the English coast, Dad caught a whiting from the end of the pier.

   The fish shop in Dublin had fresh whiting on ice this morning.

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2. 2
   nounUScountable or uncountable

   In the United States, a name used for several coastal sea fish, especially the silver hake.

   At the Jersey shore, we bought fresh whiting for the fryer.

   Many American cooks bread and fry whiting fillets.

   Similarhake

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   A soft white powder made from chalk, used in paint, putty, and whitewash.

   Like fine white dust you can stir into paint or paste.

   Workers mixed whiting into the paint to brighten it.

   She spread a layer of whiting over the old window putty.

   Similarwhitening

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4. 4
   verb

   The -ing form of white. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.

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5. 5
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A small coastal fish of the southern U.S. Atlantic and Gulf shores, often caught from the beach.

   Surf anglers in Florida pulled in a whiting at dawn.

   We grilled fresh whiting caught off the Carolina beach.

   Similarkingfish

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6. 6
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A sea fish of the cod family, also called blue whiting, found in the northern half of the world.

   Boats far out in the Atlantic catch huge amounts of blue whiting, and much of the whiting becomes fish food.

   Huge schools of small, blue-gray whiting swim in the deep, cold water off the coast of Norway.

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   nounCanadacountable or uncountable

   A North Pacific food fish of the cod family, also known as Alaska pollock.

   Most fish sticks are made from whiting caught in the North Pacific.

   Factory ships in the Bering Sea process huge catches of whiting.

   Similarpollock

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   nouncountable or uncountable

   Any of several slender coastal fish of the Indo-Pacific, valued as food and sometimes called smelt-whiting.

   Australian anglers often catch whiting in the shallow sandy bays.

   Grilled whiting is a popular dish along the Indo-Pacific coast.

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   nouncountable or uncountable

   A slender sea fish of the cod family that lives in the cold oceans of the southern half of the world.

   Trawlers near New Zealand land large catches of whiting each winter.

   This southern whiting thrives in the cold waters near Antarctica.

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