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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various chiefly marine fishes of the order Atheriniformes, characteristically having a broad silvery band along each side and including the grunion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several small
fish , mostly in family Atherinidae (Atheriniformes ), that are characterized by bright,silvery scales. - noun UK The upper side of a round of
beef .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States
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Examples
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Note 1 'silverside' if you can get it; many butchers are familiar with the term and can prepare your cut of brisket in this special way.
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Atlantic silverside, Atlantic menhaden, mummichog, striped killifish, and winter flounder comprised more than 92 percent of the sample.
Kyle Rabin: A View to a (Fish) Kill: A Firsthand Perspective on Fish-Killing Cooling Systems Kyle Rabin 2011
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Atlantic silverside, Atlantic menhaden, mummichog, striped killifish, and winter flounder comprised more than 92 percent of the sample.
Kyle Rabin: A View to a (Fish) Kill: A Firsthand Perspective on Fish-Killing Cooling Systems Kyle Rabin 2011
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Researchers tested the dispersants on mysid shrimp and inland silverside fish.
Oil dispersant does not pose environmental threat, early EPA findings suggest 2010
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Researchers tested the dispersants on mysid shrimp and inland silverside fish.
Oil dispersant does not pose environmental threat, early EPA findings suggest 2010
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Researchers tested the dispersants on mysid shrimp and inland silverside fish.
Oil dispersant does not pose environmental threat, early EPA findings suggest 2010
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A topside or silverside of beef is a much more popular roast dinner: easy to whack into a pan and cook to preference, but also easy to over-do because of its lack of fat.
Archive 2009-07-01 Annemarie 2009
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A topside or silverside of beef is a much more popular roast dinner: easy to whack into a pan and cook to preference, but also easy to over-do because of its lack of fat.
Roast Forerib of Beef Annemarie 2009
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Put the silverside in a deep saucepan and cover with cold water.
Archive 2008-08-01 thereddeer 2008
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Put the silverside in a deep saucepan and cover with cold water.
The Red Deer thereddeer 2008
hernesheir commented on the word silverside
(n): a cut of beef from the hindquarter of a cow, just above the leg cut, that gets its name because of the silverwall on the side of the cut.
January 11, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word silverside
compare to dissimilar silversides
January 11, 2009
knitandpurl commented on the word silverside
"Be it salmon, skate, gammon or a silverside of beef, the ancient art of bringing something to tenderness by letting it blip and blop in not-quite-boiling water appeals not because of its robustness, but for its gentle tone."
Eating for England by Nigel Slater, p 209
March 24, 2010