caveach

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/kəˈviːtʃ/

noun

A fillet of fish, typically mackerel, pickled in vinegar.

OriginSpanish escabeche →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nouncaveach (usually uncountable, plural caveaches)

plural caveaches

  1. uncountableusuallyA fillet of fish, typically mackerel, pickled in vinegar.
verbcaveach (third-person singular simple present caveaches, present participle caveaching, simple past and past participle caveached)

present singular third person caveaches · participle present caveaching · participle past caveached · past caveached

  1. To prepare fish as a caveach.

Origin

  1. Spanishescabeche“pickled fish”
  2. Englishcaveach

Borrowed from Spanish escabeche (“pickled fish”), whence also the unadapted borrowing escabeche (see there for more); also a doublet of sikbaj.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with caveach

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Cite this entry
APA

caveach. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caveach

MLA

“caveach.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caveach. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caveach,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caveach.

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