noun
calamari
kah-luh-MAR-ee/kɑlɑmˈɑri/
Squid prepared as food.
Fried calamari rings and curled tentacles fill the plate beside a lemon wedge.
Etymology
The pieces mean “pertaining to a pen”: squid were named for their pen-shaped internal shell, and perhaps also their ink. The animal’s name also serves as its name when prepared as food.
In context
get that right here right I am in Glasgow but um I've been near Edinburgh and they do this fried calamari and it's fresh fried calamari and oh I love calamari
More examples
- We ordered grilled calamari with lemon and herbs.
- The menu offered calamari as an appetizer.
- She cooked the calamari briefly to keep it tender.
Forms
calamari
Similar words
- squid
- The animal's general name, while calamari refers to it as food.