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How to use seafood in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Seafood means food from the sea, including that derived from fish, shellfish, crustaceans, cephalopods, seaweed, algae, marine mammals, and other marine organisms. Example: “For quotations using this term, see Citations:seafood.”

Examples of seafood by meaning

nounFood from the sea, including that derived from fish, shellfish, crustaceans, cephalopods, seaweed, algae, marine...

  • But most of all, they were jealous because these strangers feasted daily on great turtle, albacore and sail-fish, the sweetest of all seafoods.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 127

nounFood from any aquatic source, including not only salt water but also fresh water.

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:seafood.

More sentences with seafood

  • The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta.From the entry fish
  • We stayed in a seaside hotel and ate fresh seafood every night, all week long.From the entry seaside
  • We stayed in an oceanside hotel and ate fresh seafood every night, all week long.From the entry oceanside
  • We offer seafood as the first course.From the entry course
  • Can we order the seafood platter as a sharer?From the entry sharer
  • His favorite seafood is hardshell crabs.From the entry hardshell
  • Seafood promotional sales will be held during the 4-day Tomb Sweeping holiday from April 2-5.2016 March 31, “Seafood sales”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2023, Photos of the Day. From the entry fuji
  • Try spicy dumplings, fried sea bass with black-bean sauce or the seafood congee.2016 February 17, Elizabeth Chang, “Where to find Washington’s new Chinatown, Little Ethiopia, etc.”, in The Washington Post, Washington…. From the entry black-bean sauce
  • The restaurant also served higher-end dishes such as sinseollo, a soup of seafood, meat, and vegetables.2015, Savoring Gotham: A Food Lover's Companion to New York City. From the entry sinseollo
  • Order ahead for take-out seafood platters, but be sure to try the "fresh-fried jalapeno shrimp jammers."2012, Stephanie Murphy-Lupo, Day Trips® from New Jersey: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler, page 193. From the entry shrimp jammer
  • America's favorite seafood, shrimp has always been a big seller at the Home Port.2011, Will Holtham, Home Port Cookbook: Beloved Recipes from Martha's Vineyard, page 142. From the entry shrimp
  • The main town is full of seafood restaurants, should you wish to stay for dinner.2008 June 26, “Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Kaohsiung, Taiwan”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2020. From the entry Cijin
  • On the other side of the cape, Fuchi Harbor (富基漁港), has a host of fresh seafood restaurants.2008 May 29, David Chen, “Temple of the dog”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 May 2008, Features, page 13. From the entry Fuchi
  • The combination of spices and seasonings creates an awesome sauce or marinade for chicken, seafood, and beef.2005, Cary Neff, Conscious Cuisine, page 242. From the entry awesome sauce
  • Rice bowls topped with pork, chicken, curry or battered, fried seafood tempura are for sale everywhere.2004 June 30, John Northcott, “Stupid money”, in CBC News. From the entry suffonsified
  • Today, some seafood experts say, the cheaper (though mushier) roe feeds 60 percent of the market.2003 July 20, Jeffrey Gettleman, “Humble Paddlefish Fulfills Southerners' Caviar Dreams”, in The New York Times. From the entry roe
  • It serves seafood, but it's the porterhouse and eye fillets that jump off the plates here.2002, Paul Smitz, Tasmania, page 134. From the entry eye fillet
  • It’s a thick, omelety affair studded with pork, vegetables and what looks like more seafood extender.1999 November 30, Terry Durack, “Got that sunken feeling?”, in Good Living (The Sydney Morning Herald), Sydney, N.S.W., page 6, column 3. From the entry omelety
  • These include crawfish and seafood boils, family boucheries, and community festivals.1992, C. Paige Gutierrez, Cajun Foodways, Univ. Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 89. From the entry boil
  • At that elaborate holiday repast, Quimby menued the seafood dish as a first course.1991, Food Management, volume 26, page 139. From the entry menu
  • There are thousands of species of seafood, each with its own characteristics of flavor and texture.1983, “Crustaceans”, in Seafood, The Knapp Press, page 8. From the entry confounding
  • The majority of frozen retail seafood is now sold in wrapperless cartons with a tear strip opener.1970, Food manufacture: Volume 45. From the entry wrapperless
  • Dishes highlight fresh seafood and include ceviche, seafood burgers, and specialty tacos like lobster and fish al pastor.2018, Joshua Eden Hinsdale, Explorer's Guide Playa del Carmen, Tulum & the Riviera Maya (Fifth Edition) (Explorer's Complete), The…. From the entry al pastor
  • Tsukudani is one way to cook vegetables, seafood, and meat.2017 April 10, “Kombu Tsukudani Recipe”, in Japanese Cooking 101. From the entry tsukudani
  • Bart eventually gets Laura to babysit while Homer and Marge eat at the Sea Captain’s all-you-can-eat seafood joint, The Frying Dutchman.2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired…. From the entry babysit
  • Longstanding maritime traditions and extensive coastlines mean that seafood also plays a major role in Scandi cuisine, and in my baking.2012, Signe Johansen, Scandilicious Baking, Hachette UK, →ISBN. From the entry Scandi
  • It is also a common feature in the menus of famous seafood restaurants (along East Coast and Punggol).2009, Beatrice Batnag Donofrio, Lawrence Wheeler, 1000+ Indigenous Tasty Cu[i]sine of 23 Asian Countries, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris…. From the entry Singaporean
  • By the way, you can use shadon beni butter as a great topping for other simply grilled vegetables and seafood.2008 April, Steven Raichlen, “Vegetables: Greens Meet Grill”, in The Barbecue! Bible, New York, N.Y.: Workman Publishing Company, →ISBN…. From the entry chadon beni
  • Japanese trading companies and large seafood companies responded with attempts to monopolize or oligopolize import and sales routes.2006, Japan Environemntal Council (JEC), The State of Environment in Asia: 2005/2006, Springer Science & Business Media, page 47. From the entry oligopolize
  • Its waterways are crammed with fishing boats and nets, and its restaurants resplendent with fish and seafood freshly caught.2004 June 27, Joan Stanley-Baker, “Arts get regional in Fangliao”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Aug…. From the entry Pingdong
  • There are even more elaborately prepared Cajun specialties, such as Bayou Bouillabaisse and pirogue of pasta and seafood.1996, Rick Perlmutter, Gayle Perlmutter, Walt Disney World for Lovers, page 240. From the entry pirogue
  • On Mayu Island there are numerous small, privately-owned snack shops on the beach which serve good rice noodles and seafood.[1988, Paddy Booz, Chang Tsong-zung, Katherine Forestier, Simon Holledge, Jill Hunt, “Shantou”, in Guilin, Canton, Guangdong, Lincolnwood…. From the entry Double Island
  • A "seafood park" with packinghouses was begun.1987 October, Charles E. Cobb, Jr., “North Carolina's Outer Banks”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 502. From the entry packinghouse
  • Escargots, smoked salmon, fresh seafood, and pasta are all presented in succulent style, and the price is right.1984 December, Pat Neisser, “Quebec”, in Orange Coast Magazine, volume 10, number 12, page 98. From the entry succulent
  • In the upper northwestern edge of the region, bordered by the Mekong River, the people rely on the local seafood filched from the water.2024, Lonely Planet, Lonely Planet Thailand’s Islands & Beaches, Lonely Planet, →ISBN. From the entry soldier river barb
  • Combining the plant-based regimen of the vegan lifestyle, the Seagan diet espouses the benefits of a few sustainably sourced seafood meals each week.2019 March 13, Sean Murphy, “What is the 'Seagan' diet and is it the next big food trend?”, in The Scotsman. From the entry seagan
  • The seafood restaurant attracts visiting yachters.2016, Fodor's Scotland. From the entry antimidge
  • Matsui challenges himself to seal them in the sheerest possible coating so diners taste sweet, succulent seafood with a whisper of crispness.2015 July 7, Florence Fabricant, “With Tempura Matsui, Fine Tempura Dining Arrives in New York”, in New York Times. From the entry kakiage

Meaning of seafood

  1. noun Food from the sea, including that derived from fish, shellfish, crustaceans, cephalopods, seaweed, algae, marine mammals, and other marine organisms.
  2. noun Food from any aquatic source, including not only salt water but also fresh water.

Full definition of seafood

Questions about seafood in a sentence

How do you use seafood in a sentence?
Seafood is used as a noun. For example: “For quotations using this term, see Citations:seafood.”
What is a short sentence with seafood?
“His favorite seafood is hardshell crabs.”
What does seafood mean?
Seafood means food from the sea, including that derived from fish, shellfish, crustaceans, cephalopods, seaweed, algae, marine mammals, and other marine organisms.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: seafood (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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