scrod

UK: /skrɒd/ US: /skrɑd/ ,(skrod)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

scrod or schrod /skrɑd/   n. [uncountable]

1. Fish a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, esp. one split for cooking.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

scrod  (skrod), n. 

1. Fish a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, esp. one split for cooking.

Also, schrod. 

• origin, originally uncertain 1835–45, American.

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scrod / skrɒd/ noun

1. a young cod or haddock, esp one split and prepared for cooking

Etymology: 19th Century: perhaps from obsolete Dutch schrood, from Middle Dutch schrode shred (n); the name perhaps refers to the method of preparing the fish for cooking