whiting — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.

   Usage

   • Uncountable
   • usually

   Synonyms

   whitening

   Narrower terms

   French whiteParis whiteSpanish white

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   1918, Hannah Teresa Rowley, Mrs. Helen Louise (Wales) Farrell, Principles of Chemistry Applied to the Household Precipitated calcium carbonate, a very fine powdery form, is used as a basis for many tooth powders and pastes. As whiting it finds a wide use in cleaning metals of their tarnishes.

Noun

1. A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).

   Broader terms

   gadidgadiformfishvertebrateanimalorganismcreature

2. Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus: in family Gadidae: Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including hakes (genus Merluccius), especially Merluccius bilinearis (silver hake).

   Usage

   • US usage

3. Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus: in family Gadidae: Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus, syn. Theragra chalcogramma).

   Usage

   • Canada

4. Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus: in family Gadidae: A blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), a marine fish of the Northern Hemisphere.

5. Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus: in family Gadidae: A southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis), a marine fish of the Southern Hemisphere.

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   Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.

6. Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus: in family Sillaginidae, smelt-whitings, inhabiting Indo-Pacific marine coasts, many species of which are commercially important whitefish.

7. Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus: in family Sciaenidae, Menticirrhus americanus (Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, and southern kingfish) found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.

Noun

1. flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe

   Broader terms

   saltwater fish

2. flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America

   Broader terms

   saltwater fish

3. a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish

   Broader terms

   percoid fishpercoidpercoidean

4. any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters

   Broader terms

   sciaenid fishsciaenid

5. found off Atlantic coast of North America

   Synonyms

   silver hakeMerluccius bilinearis

   Broader terms

   hake

6. a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus

   Synonyms

   Merlangus merlangusGadus merlangus

   Broader terms

   gadoidgadoid fish