salmon

/ˈsæmən/
adjective
  1. Having a pinkish-orange color like the flesh of a salmon.
    • The bridesmaids wore salmon dresses.
    • The flowers in the garden were a lovely salmon hue.
    • I bought a salmon scarf to match my coat.
noun
  1. A large fish with pinkish flesh that lives in the ocean but swims up rivers to lay eggs. It is often eaten as food.
    • The restaurant serves a delicious salmon fillet with lemon butter sauce.
    • We grilled fresh salmon for dinner last night.
    • Salmon swim upstream every year to spawn in the same river where they were born.
  2. The pinkish-orange color of the flesh of this fish.
    • The sunset turned the sky a beautiful shade of salmon.
    • He wore a salmon tie to the wedding.
    • She painted her bedroom walls a soft salmon color.