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sa·lami (sə lä′mē)

noun

a highly spiced, salted sausage, orig. Italian, of pork and beef, or of beef alone

Etymology: It, pl. of salame, preserved meat, salt pork < VL *salamen, for LL salsamen, salted food < L salsus: see sauce

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salami Usage Examples

Preposition: on

  • rye: I had cheese and salami on rye from a mobile stall on the edge of the market.

Converse of object

  • make: Among the culinary specialities of the region are the sausages and salamis made from wild boar.

Adjective modifier

  • spicy: Semillon Chardonnay blends are good, especially with the spicier, peppery salamis.

Modifies a noun

  • tactic: This time it was based on statistical salami tactics.
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