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speat

speat noun: one of the rods on which fish are placed to drain before being smoked.

Noun

speat (plural speats)

  1. (UK, regional) One of the rods on which fish are placed to drain before being smoked.
    • Many of these devices leave unsightly holes in the fish, and wooden tenter sticks, metal speats, etc., are difficult to keep clean.2012, Georg Borgstrom, Fish As Food V3: Processing: Part 1, page 93

Forms of speat

pluralspeats

Questions about speat

What does speat mean?
Speat means one of the rods on which fish are placed to drain before being smoked.
What part of speech is speat?
Speat is a noun.
What is the plural of speat?
The plural of speat is speats.

Words near speat in the dictionary

  1. spearwood
  2. spearwork
  3. spearwort
  4. spearworts
  5. speary
  6. speat
  7. speats
  8. spec
  9. spec evo
  10. spec home
  11. spec homes

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