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Meaning of Whiting | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈwaɪtɪŋ

Definitions

  1. A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.
  2. A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).
  3. A surname.
  4. Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
    US
  5. in family Gadidae:
    US
  6. Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including hakes (genus Merluccius), especially Merluccius bilinearis (silver hake).
    US
  7. A number of places in the United States:
  8. A city in Lake County, Indiana.
  9. Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus, syn. Theragra chalcogramma).
  10. A minor city in Monona County, Iowa.
  11. A blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), a marine fish of the Northern Hemisphere.
  12. A minor city and township in Jackson County, Kansas.
  13. A southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis), a marine fish of the Southern Hemisphere.
  14. A town in Washington County, Maine.
  15. in family Sillaginidae, smelt-whitings, inhabiting Indo-Pacific marine coasts, many species of which are commercially important whitefish.
  16. An unincorporated community in Mississippi County, Missouri.
  17. 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.
  18. An unincorporated community in Manchester Township, Ocean County, New Jersey.
  19. A township in Bowman County, North Dakota.
  20. A town in Addison County, Vermont.
  21. A village in Portage County, Wisconsin.
  22. A census-designated place in Platte County, Wyoming.

Equivalents

العربية طعام سمك
Deutsch Schlämmkreide
Gaeilge gealán
日本語 きす
Polski bielidło

Examples

“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.”
“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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