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daing

daing noun: dried fish, usually split open (though they may be left whole), gutted, salted liberally, and then sun- and air-dried.

daing: dried fish, usually split open (though they may be left whole), gutted, salted liberally, and then...
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Noun

daing (uncountable)

  1. (Philippines) Dried fish, usually split open (though they may be left whole), gutted, salted liberally, and then sun- and air-dried.
    • […] (including drugstores, even if one could pay; food could be had only through the generosity of kindly neighbors, if one was caught flatfooted without a single can of sardines or a handful of daing).1991, Ani, volume 5, Manila: Cultural Center of the Philippines, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19
    • Trout is done daing-style, marinated in garlic and vinegar, dried and fried, accompanied by garlic fried rice and sweet cherry tomatoes.2014 September 11, Phil Vettel, “Seriously fun: Laughing Bird is a low-key introduction to Filipino flavors”, in Chicago Tribune, 167th year, number 254, Chicago, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, section 5, page...

Origin of daing

From Tagalog daing.

Questions about daing

What does daing mean?
Daing means dried fish, usually split open (though they may be left whole), gutted, salted liberally, and then sun- and air-dried.
What part of speech is daing?
Daing is a noun.

Words near daing in the dictionary

  1. Dain
  2. dain't
  3. dain-bread
  4. daincha
  5. Daines
  6. daing
  7. daing na bangus
  8. Daingean
  9. Daingerfield
  10. Dainichi Nyorai
  11. Dains

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