noun

scrod

SKRAHD/skrɑːd/

Young cod or haddock prepared as food.

The scrod is cleaned and split for cooking on the preparation platter.

A small young haddock, cleaned and split open for cooking on a plain preparation platter, with its recognizable head, dark lateral line and shoulder spot retained.

Etymology

Scrod originally named young cod split for cooking. It may come from Dutch schrood, “piece cut off”; if so, the name probably refers to fish cut into pieces for drying or cooking.

In context

Everything About Boston1:20

The Parker House Hotel, Boston's oldest hotel, claims to have invented the term Boston scrod and the dish itself. Their version involves splitting baby cod, removing the bones, leaving the skin on

Why Is It Called "Boston Scrod" On Menus? - Everything About Boston

More examples

Brush the scrod with butter before baking it.
I order the broiled scrod instead of the steak.
Ask whether today's scrod is cod or haddock.

Forms

scrod · scrods

Similar words

cod: Names the fish at any age, not specifically young prepared fish.
haddock: Names one species at any age; scrod can also be cod.